Orange County Judge Martha Adams was publicly reprimanded by the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday for making rude comments towards local prosecutors.

The reprimand comes after the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission in February found that Adams had violated the state’s judicial conduct code while presiding over Orange County criminal cases. The commission said Adams’ exhibited “biased, impatient, undignified and discourteous behavior” towards members of the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office.

Adams called one prosecutor an “ass” and she said would start “being a bitch” to the state attorney’s office in her rulings, the commission found. Judicial records do not say when the incidents took place, but she was served with a notice of investigation in October 2024.

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