Carolyn Dimmick Final PDF.indd - Washington Secretary of State

Dimmick: I didn’t do that. But one time they gave us wine and then told us how many
wines it takes to get your Breathalyzer that high.
Hughes: Well, it really does depend a lot —
Dimmick: On your size.
Hughes: Absolutely.
Dimmick: I was 110 and two drinks did it for me.
Hughes: Outside of the fact that being a District Court judge is a pretty good gig for a
working mom, was it getting a little old after 10 years?
Dimmick: Oh yes. I said, “I can’t do this. I can’t keep this up.”
Hughes: Justice Smith said that on the Superior Court bench, he really got burned out
hearing all these stories about people “screwing” their kids.
Dimmick: And one thing about the Superior Court when we were there was that they gave
you one case right after another, right after another. You’d have people in the back of the
courtroom, lawyers, waiting to see if we wound up this case so they could get started at 3
or 4 in the afternoon. I mean
it was just a horrendous case
load. But I still liked it.
Hughes: You said in one
interview I read that you
didn’t think it mattered much
whether a judge is a man or
woman except perhaps in
Juvenile Court cases because
quote, “Mother’s have more
experience and insight into
kids, generally.”
Dimmick: I think that’s
probably true, because we’re
with them longer, more often.
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