Former Judge Clarence Pool of Marion, NC; serial pervert and liar

The Judicial Standards Commission found Judge Pool guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

The state of North Carolina provided Clarence Randy Pool with a law license I n 1981 after he graduated from School of Law

• Engaged in a pattern of inappropriate and sexual communications on Facebook with numerous women, many of whom were involved in matters pending in his district court
• Engaged in these sexual communications while on the bench in the courtroom
• Took frequent breaks, frequently continuing cases, and frequently recusing himself to have conversations or physical encounters with the women he contacted on Facebook
• Made misrepresentations and misused the prestige of office to solicit assistance from law enforcement during an investigation of an attempt to extort him by one of the women
• Made material misrepresentations to the Ethics Commission (Screw you, said Clarence!)
• On his Facebook page, Clarence identified himself as the Chief District Court Judge located in Marion, North Carolina Clarence’s Facebook page was public, and anyone could see his posts and comment
• Engaged in inappropriate sexual communications with an untold number of women even though he was married
• Engaged in conversations that ranged from inappropriate and flirtatious to sexually explicit with at least 35 women, many of whom were litigants or witnesses in matters pending in his district and some of whom appeared or
• worked in his court in their professional capacities
• Clarence often sought photographs of the women or shared photographs of himself
• Engaged in improper ex parte (one-sided) discussions through Facebook with some of the women regarding pending proceedings in his district
• Some of the women also had telephone conversations, exchanged texts, and met with Clarence, including for
• sexual encounters with some of the women.
• Clarence used the prestige of his office to assist some of the women, including using his position as Chief Judge to direct a local attorney to assist a litigant with whom he was having a sexual relationship.
• After Clarence exchanged inappropriate electronic communications and nude photographs with a woman the opinion, she attempted to extort him and abused his judicial position to solicit assistance from the police regarding the attempted extortion
• Knowingly made material misrepresentations to the State Bureau of Investigation (Up yours, said Clarence!)

As a direct consequence of his gross misconduct, the cheerleaders for Judicial Misfits and Perverts punished Clarence by gifting him with a complimentary censure. Subsequently, Clarence resigned from the bench.

As we speak (ca. April 2022), it is rumored that Clarence has applied for a job as a quality control manager at the Leather & Lace Gastonia Gentleman’s Club at 512 West Main Avenue in Gastonia, North Carolina.