National Law Journal | Research
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | July 24, 2024
"Chambers is a very private space," retired U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin said. "Each judge has five or six employees in their own private space, and there's no one supervising a judge. They are on their own. It's hard to take on such a person."
By Cedra Mayfield | July 24, 2024
"It is well settled that Judges shall respect and comply with the law, but this principle does not demand perfection in judicial discernment and application of the law," read Judge Shermela Williams' response to judicial misconduct charges filed against her.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 23, 2024
The Chief Judge may, as the chief judicial officer of the Unified Court System, represent the judiciary's interests by accepting an invitation to speak at a legislative conference sponsored by a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit entity, at a specific session focused on the judiciary's operational needs and/or experience with respect to developing technologies. The judge may not otherwise attend or participate in the legislative conference.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Dan Roe | July 23, 2024
Judge Stacey Jernigan claims the "bombastic" hedge fund managers in her books are pure fiction, but ethics experts argue they violate her responsibility to appear impartial.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 22, 2024
A judge may not stand for election to or serve on a local school board notwithstanding their child's attendance at a local public high school. The judge may attend and participate in school board meetings as the parent of a current student.
By Brian Lee | July 22, 2024
The commission's cumulative decision said Oneida County Supreme Court Justice Erin Gall engaged in "a racially offensive, profane, prolonged public diatribe outside a high school graduation party."
By Adolfo Pesquera | July 22, 2024
The 2023 state bar president, Cindy Tisdale, mandated the project last summer and the taskforce's interim report was submitted to the Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 21, 2024
A judge who assumes judicial office on an apparently unequivocal campaign pledge to incarcerate offenders, exclude drug dealers from the community, ensure maximum sentencing of repeat offenders, and protect victims of domestic violence, thus effectively promising to aid law enforcement rather than apply the law neutrally and impartially in such matters, is disqualified during his/her entire judicial term from: (1) all criminal cases; (2) cases in any court involving allegations of domestic violence; (3) all Vehicle and Traffic Law matters; and (4) cases in any court involving purported drug dealers. Disqualification on this ground is not subject to remittal.
By The Associated Press | July 19, 2024
The new judge presiding over the prosecution of the rapper and several other defendants says she plans to move forward expeditiously with the trial.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 18, 2024
A part-time attorney judge need not disclose or disqualify in matters involving the sheriff's office, merely because the judge's law firm is representing first-degree relatives of the county sheriff in a personal legal matter.
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