State Justices Fire King County Municipal Judge for Misconduct

SAN FRANCISCO —  A Kings County judge with three reprimands was removed from office by the state Supreme Court on Thursday for her courtroom dealings with friends and creditors.

Kings County Municipal Judge Glenda Doan failed to disclose her connections with people who appeared in her courtroom, assured one friend she would “take care” of several criminal cases, and told two friends to stonewall state investigators, the court said.

Doan “displayed moral turpitude, dishonesty and corruption,” the court said in a unanimous, unsigned ruling.

“Doan has had three opportunities for reformation,” the court said. “She will have no more.”

The justices also refused to let Doan resume law practice after she is removed from office in 30 days, when the ruling becomes final. The justices said she would have to persuade the California State Bar that she was rehabilitated.

“It’s a tragedy,” said Doan’s lawyer, Kenneth Brock. “This is a particularly noble woman with a fine career.”

Doan, 51, whose court is in Corcoran, was elected to the bench in 1982 after a year as a prosecutor and six years in private practice.

She was suspended from office, with pay, in December when the Commission on Judicial Performance voted 9 to 0 to seek her removal.

Doan, 51, whose court is in Corcoran, was elected to the bench in 1982 after a year as a prosecutor and six years in private practice.

She was suspended from office, with pay, in December when the Commission on Judicial Performance voted 9 to 0 to seek her removal.