• ABOUT THE COMMISSION
  • Background
  • Goals
  • Membership
  • Meetings
  • Publications
  • Links
  • FAQ's
  • Contact Us
• DISCIPLINARY FUNCTION
  • Jurisdiction and Authority
  • The Complaint Process
  • Confidentiality
  • Ethics in Public Service Act
• COMMISSION ACTIVITY
  • Docket
    • 2009
    • 2008
    • 2007
    • 2006
    • 2005
    • 2004
    • 2003
    • 2002
    • 2001
    • 2000
  • Dispositions
    • Dismissal vs Sustainment
    • Public
  • Public Actions
    • Open Complaints
    • 2010
    • 2009
    • 2008
    • 2007
    • 2006
    • 2005
    • Older Public Actions
  • Cases Filed with the Supreme Court
• GOVERNING PROVISIONS
  • Overview
  • Constitution - Article IV, Section 31
  • Revised Code of Washington Chapter 2.64
  • Rules of Procedure
  • Code of Judicial Conduct
  • Ethics in Public Service WAC 292-09
  • Public Records: WAC 292-10
• FILING A COMPLAINT
  • Overview
  • Forms
  • Mailing Address
• DISCIPLINE DATABASE

The overall goal of the Commission is to maintain confidence and integrity in the judicial system. The Commission seeks to preserve both judicial independence and public accountability. The public interest requires a fair and reasonable process to address judicial misconduct or disability. This process is separate from the judicial appeals system that allows individual litigants to appeal from legal errors. The Commission also has a responsibility to judges, whose careers can be damaged by false and inaccurate allegations. The Commission makes every effort to act in the public interest while safeguarding individual rights and the reputations of judges from unfounded accusations. It is a complex mission to reconcile these charges--to hold judges accountable for misconduct without compromising the essential independence of the judiciary.

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