The Seattle City Attorney’s Office is attempting to block Municipal Court Judge Pooja Vaddadi from hearing new criminal cases because they say she has shown a "regular pattern of biased rulings ...

The Seattle city attorney’s office wants Seattle Municipal Court Judge Pooja Vaddadi off its criminal cases moving forward, accusing the judge of being biased in several of her rulings. Vaddadi ...

Seattle magistrates preside over a parade of parking tickets and traffic infractions, usually defended with a litany of excuses. The job requires legal chops, fairness and a BS detector of the highest ...

The Seattle Municipal Court judges, in an effort to work collaboratively, have agreed to Davison’s proposed changes to Seattle Community Court.

Seattle Municipal Court Judge Fred Bonner learned in a terse, two-sentence memo that he was being removed as presiding judge this year. Bonner, who joined the court as a magistrate almost 30 years ...

The Seattle City Council cut one of eight judges from Municipal Court on Monday, one of dozens of budget cuts the council will have to make this year. The $400,000 savings — which includes ...

“And judges in other jurisdictions do cover infractions so it’s not outside of what a judge does.” Vaddadi said Seattle Municipal Court is somewhat unique in that parking tickets and traffic ...

In his role as the newly elevated presiding judge of Seattle Municipal Court (SMC), Adam Eisenberg technically oversees the administration of the entire misdemeanor court system.

Robinson also noted that the Seattle Municipal Court presiding judge ruled that affidavits of prejudice can only be filed on a per-case basis rather than a “blanket” policy. Vaddadi declined to make a ...

The Seattle Municipal Court serves as the judicial branch of the city’s government structure. Judges handle misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor offenses, as well as infractions and civil ...

SEATTLE (AP) - A Seattle Municipal Court judge accused of improper conduct by the city’s top prosecutor and public defender says he won’t step down as presiding judge. The Seattle Times ...