A municipal judge charged with making sexist remarks while hearing a domestic violence matter—such as “we get frustrated with the women human beings”—has acknowledged violating ethics strictures with his remarks, while also laying out the training he has undertaken in the time since.
Steven Brister, a part-time judge in the East Orange Municipal Court and acting judge in Newark Municipal Court, filed an answer admitting that his “conduct was injudicious and the commentary inappropriate.”
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