A lawyer and a judge say they each have filed complaints with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct against 44th District Judge Carlos Cortez of Dallas alleging that he has engaged in abusive behavior toward some of his judicial colleagues.

In a lengthy complaint sent to the commission on May 13, Randy Johnston of Dallas’ Johnston u Tobey alleges, among other things, that Cortez “berates, belittles and ridicules his fellow judges both to the public and to other judges.”

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