Robert H Tembeckjian

December 19, 2023 | New York Law Journal

A bill before the State Assembly would change the State Commission on Judicial Conduct's funding process to mirror the way the annual judicial branch budget is handled, respecting the separation-of-powers principle and recognizing that the commission is created in the judiciary articles of the state constitution and statute, rather than an executive branch agency reporting to the governor.

By Joseph W. Belluck and Robert H. Tembeckjian

10 minute read

February 23, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Rather than set an example as one might expect of the nation's highest court on such an important issue, the nine justices of the Supreme Court continue to trail all others, unable to agree on a code of conduct for themselves, the chair and the administrator of the New York State Commission on Judicial Ethics write.

By Joseph W. Belluck and Robert H. Tembeckjian

5 minute read

July 18, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Recent congressional hearings, prompted by reports of inappropriate sexual behavior by a prominent federal appellate judge and other alleged wrongdoing, illustrated the ineffectiveness inherent in a system where the judiciary polices itself.

By Robert H. Tembeckjian

7 minute read

November 29, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Robert H. Tembeckjian, administrator and counsel to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, asks: As candidates for judicial office speak more freely, will judges more frequently be disqualified from hearing certain cases because their impartiality has been compromised by things they said on the campaign trail? This simple question, he says, implicates complex constitutional concerns, and the debate and consequences are not always pretty.

By Robert H. Tembeckjian

12 minute read