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By Michael A. Mora | February 26, 2024
"This judge is lucky to escape with the recommended public reprimand given the volume of such unresolved cases, even after multiple meetings with the chief judge about clearing the backlog," said Andrew Berman, an ethics expert not involved in the matter.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | February 25, 2024
A part-time town justice may not serve as counsel to the town planning board in the town where the judge sits.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | February 23, 2024
The commission held that the judge failed to rule on motions in a timely matter in one case and was ordered by a court of appeals to rule on the case motions through two writ of mandamus opinions.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | February 22, 2024
A part-time judge may serve as administrator of the assigned counsel program in a different county from the county where the judge presides.
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By Andrew Denney | February 22, 2024
"Life is different in smaller jurisdictions. It's hard to put aside the desire to get along with and be liked by the people you see every day."
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | February 21, 2024
May a part-time judge who is also employed with a school district be a member of the Classified Employees Association and United Teachers unions, given that these unions are active in politics?
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | February 20, 2024
A full-time judge may not participate in a local bar association's phone bank event where members of the public call in with legal questions.
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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.
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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.
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