By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 4, 2024
A part-time town justice may serve as a Nurse Clinic Manager for a county correctional facility in the same county, but must disqualify from any matter involving an inmate for whom the judge personally reviewed the inmate's medical file or otherwise personally participated in the inmate's care, either directly or as a supervisor.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 3, 2024
A judge need not take any further action after being inadvertently exposed to a list of campaign contributors and should not investigate whether a prospective appointee was a campaign contributor.
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By Marianna Wharry | January 3, 2024
Ohio's Board of Professional Conduct of the Supreme Court found that attorney Mark Bennett's power was "not inconsequential" despite not being in a position to hire or fire an intern in his office.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 2, 2024
A judge is not disqualified from presiding over an Article 78 proceeding to compel a police department to disclose certain disciplinary records merely because the judge's spouse, now fully retired, was formerly a high-ranking police official in another county.
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By Allison Dunn | January 2, 2024
Judge Daniel Gaul was immediately suspended from the bench without pay for one year after he was found to have committed 29 rule violations under eight counts.
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By Cedra Mayfield | December 29, 2023
"[B]ecause the Respondent has not demonstrated that Rules 1.2, 1.3, and 3.1 of the Code are unconstitutionally vague or overbroad, facially or as applied to her, the Director requests that the Hearing Panel deny the Respondent's Motion," read Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Director Courtney Veal's opposition brief.
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By Michael A. Mora | December 27, 2023
Two trends were on display in judicial disciplinary misconduct in 2023.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | December 26, 2023
A quasi-judicial official whose significant other is a businessperson may take part in gifts and benefits provided by various businesses as their significant other's guest, where (1) the significant other and the business donors do not have, and are unlikely to have in the future, interests that are likely to come before the referee and (2) the receipt of such gifts would not create the impression that such businesses are in a special position to influence the referee.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | December 25, 2023
May a town justice, whose spouse is employed by a local not-for-profit parochial school, display in front of the judge's home a sign advertising the name of the school, grade levels and a phone number?
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | December 21, 2023
Where a judge concludes that an attorney disregarded a court directive and engaged in a deliberate deception, intended to perpetrate a fraud and deceive the parties and/or the court, the judge must report the attorney to the appropriate grievance committee.
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