Judges and Judiciary
Dec. 11, 2024
Santa Barbara judge admonished for behavior, misleading CJP
Most of the announcement detailed the judge's misleading of the Commission on Judicial Performance about his retirement plans last year to mitigate discipline in another matter. "He is staying on the bench for now," his current attorneys said.
Santa Barbara County Judge Thomas R. Adams was publicly admonished Tuesday for intemperate behavior such as angrily shouting and flinging papers at a newly sworn in deputy public defender. But most of the announcement detailed his misleading of the Commission on Judicial Performance about his retirement plans last year to mitigate discipline in another matter.
Adams told the commission on April 17, 2023, that his last day at work had been April 7. "He is scheduled for hip sur...
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