By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 6, 2024
A town justice may not permit his/her attorney assistant to accept part-time employment in the District Attorney's office in the same county.
By Cedra Mayfield | August 6, 2024
The Supreme Court of Georgia named Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Brian Rickman as Presiding Officer of the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Hearing Panel Tuesday.
By ALM Staff | August 6, 2024
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"In my view, he did not like us or the plaintiff," plaintiff's attorney Steve Leidel said about a retired trial judge. "It's my understanding that he solicited the clerk for costs and they never do that. I think it was possibly retributive for the fact that we did not want to proceed."
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 5, 2024
A judge may, subject to administrative approval, designate a publicly available folder in the court clerk's office to contain duplicate copies of the court's non-sealed written criminal decisions in chronological order.
By Cheryl Miller | August 5, 2024
A California Supreme Court ethics committee said in a draft opinion that judges under political attack may want to seek the help of law school faculty or lawyer groups instead of speaking out themselves.
By Avalon Zoppo | August 5, 2024
"The subject judges have chosen to boycott the hiring of future graduates of the university as a means to implement their hiring discretion," wrote Priscilla Richman, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. "While reasonable jurists may disagree about the effectiveness of their method and whether it is justified, the judges have not engaged in misconduct."
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 4, 2024
A judge may sign a family tree affidavit for the estate of the judge's long-time close friend, based upon facts within the judge's personal knowledge.
By Jimmy Hoover | August 2, 2024
At a time when the court's approval rating has sagged to near-historic lows, Elena Kagan has appeared sympathetic to progressive and Democratic critics who see the current court as driven by a conservative agenda.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 1, 2024
Where a retired judge's former law clerk worked for the inquiring judge in a limited capacity for four months before returning to private practice, the judge need not disclose or disqualify in matters involving the retired judge's former law clerk. The judge may also appoint the former law clerk as attorney for the child.
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