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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By Andrew Denney | December 21, 2023
"It is astonishing and utterly contemptible that anyone, let alone a judge, would adopt or promote Nazi imagery," State Commission on Judicial Conduct Administrator Robert Tembeckjian said.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | December 20, 2023
A magistrates association may send a letter to the District Attorney outlining the association's concerns about the District Attorney's policy concerning appearances and plea bargaining in vehicle and traffic law matters.
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By Emily Saul | December 20, 2023
"A judge who has already been charged should not be able to avoid an investigation by simply resigning," said Ret. Judge Rolando Acosta, formerly Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department and now a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. "I don't think that's in the best interest of the public."
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | December 19, 2023
May a town justice contact the District Attorney and the town to point out their concerns that the town's code enforcement proceedings do not comply with the law, when no code enforcement cases are before the judge? If the same deficiencies appear the next time a code enforcement action comes before the judge, may the judge dismiss the action without a motion from the defendant?
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