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| | 1998 Public Actions |
 | | The Commission conducted a hearing on allegations of misconduct by Judge A. Eugene Hammermaster, Judge of the Sumner, Orting, Wilkeson, and South Prairie Municipal Courts in Pierce County. |
 | | From an agreed statement of facts, the Commission determined that Judge Pro Tem Kelly M. Seidlitz violated Canons 1, 2(A) and 3(A)(1) of the Code of Judicial Conduct by serving as a judge pro tem during a period when he was suspended from the practice of law by the Washington State Supreme Court. |
 | | Following a hearing, the Commission found that the judge received undisclosed payments from a purchaser of assets from an estate for which he was a fiduciary, failed to report the receipt of the payments on his public disclosure filings, and served as a corporate officer after becoming a superior court judge. |
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