James Convery, an Essex County judge whose wisecracking from the bench landed him in disciplinary proceedings, has asked to be spared from punishment because he conceded his error, apologized for it and has already been punished due to public embarrassment.
In his answer to a formal ethics complaint, Convery admits to two alleged incidents, captured on tape, in which he asked a past president of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey if she was an illegal alien and joked about a litigant who used a hearing aid.
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