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By Marianna Wharry | February 20, 2024
"In recommending disbarment, the Commission asserted that the scope and magnitude of Doud's ethical failures were 'unequaled in the Commission's collective experience,' and this case proved the most egregious and extensive trust violation and misappropriation/commingling case to ever come before it," the order said.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | February 19, 2024
On the facts presented, the inquiring administrative judge has full discretion to determine whether there is a substantial likelihood that a part-time judge has committed a substantial violation of the Rules Governing Judicial Conduct and, if so, what action is appropriate under the circumstances.
8 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | February 18, 2024
(1) A judge may not serve as the director of environment and legislation for a not-for-profit organization which seeks to promote scuba-diving. (2) Although the judge may engage in certain public advocacy activities where the judge has a clear and direct personal interest at stake, the judge may not spearhead the organization's efforts to protest a planned discharge of substances into a local waterway.
8 minute read
By Adolfo Pesquera | February 16, 2024
Candidates for Texas judge were asked about the usefulness of the transparency law, and responses were generally positive. But some were not.
3 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | February 15, 2024
May a part-time village justice permit a part-time village court clerk to also serve as a part-time assistant village clerk, performing ministerial functions in the village's finance department?
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By Cheryl Miller | February 15, 2024
A State Bar Court judge had concluded that former Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge John Laettner's misconduct is unlikely to reoccur.
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By Charles Toutant | February 13, 2024
Mercer County Presiding Civil Judge Douglas Hurd's answer takes exception to the ACJC's assertion that he "abused the power and prestige of his judicial office for the benefit of his secretary by permitting her to work remotely."
3 minute read
By Charles Toutant | February 13, 2024
"If, in fact, the judiciary is looking to whack the judge—I can't say it's not going on—I would be disappointed. I would be surprised. But I would not be stunned," ethics expert Marc Garfinkle said.
5 minute read
By Lisa Willis | February 9, 2024
"I am an 'attorney's attorney' and the last thing I want to do is make a stressful situation for my clients more stressful," said Herman J. Russomanno III
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By Julio Mendez | February 9, 2024
Family court cases are greatly impacted by litigants' lack of stable housing, unemployment and lack of transportation. The challenge for poor litigants is compounded by lack of legal representation.
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