A Kentucky judge has resigned rather than face removal for allegedly profiting from a settlement involving the diet drug fen-phen, according to a state judicial panel, which said Judge Joseph Bamberger's actions "shock the conscience." The commission said Bamberger gave attorneys, including a personal friend, between $86 million and $104 million from the settlement. The commission also said Bamberger let some $20 million from the settlement go to a charitable fund, of which he became a paid director.
February 28, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A northern Kentucky judge has resigned rather than face removal for allegedly profiting from a $200 million settlement involving the diet drug fen-phen, a state judicial panel said Monday.
Judge Joseph F. Bamberger was publicly reprimanded Monday by the state’s Judicial Conduct Commission, which said his actions “shock the conscience.”
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