By Cedra Mayfield | February 21, 2023
The Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Hearing Panel has scheduled an hourlong oral argument in the judicial misconduct probe for 9 a.m. on March 17, 2023.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen | February 17, 2023
There is currently a debate in New York over whether to make disciplinary proceedings involving sitting state judges public. Currently, the New York State Senate is considering a bill that would bring into the open proceedings against state judges once they are formally accused of misconduct.
Daily Business Review | Analysis
By Lisa Willis | February 15, 2023
"Of late, I think the worst thing that has happened with lawyer ethics is that we have merged issues of professionalism into ethics," said Brian Tannebaum, attorney and ethics expert.
By Allison Dunn | February 14, 2023
Juval O. Scott, the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Virginia, requested that Senior U.S. District Judge James P. Jones recuse from nearly a dozen cases after discovering that Jones had hired a former assistant defender from Scott's office without first giving her a heads up.
By Brian Lee | February 9, 2023
Justice Mary M. Farley, president of the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, said premature public disclosure prior to a final disposition risks unwarranted humiliation, undeserved injury to reputation and other adverse consequences that can;'t happen to other officials.
By Cheryl Miller | February 8, 2023
The Commission on Judicial Performance said San Joaquin County Superior Court Richard Vlavianos encouraged court staff to award contracts to companies where executives who served on his nonprofit's board of directors worked.
Daily Report Online | News|Profile
By Cedra Mayfield | February 8, 2023
"When I left the JQC, I had a judge that called me not long after that, that needed some representation," said attorney S. Lester Tate III, formerly of the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia. "I really went from chairing one meeting to going back to almost the very next meeting and sitting at the other end of the table representing a judge."
By Charles Toutant | February 7, 2023
"The absence of a clearly articulated, binding code of ethics for the justices of the court imperils the legitimacy of the court," the ABA measure said.
By Jim Saunders | February 6, 2023
In a strongly worded dissent, Justice Jorge Labarga wrote that the change "paves the way for a complete dismantling of all fairness and diversity initiatives in the State Courts System."
By Cedra Mayfield | February 3, 2023
Jurists interested in becoming the next director of the Judicial Nominating Commission of Georgia have until Friday, Feb, 10 to apply.
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