Longtime Municipal Court Judge Harold P. Cook III, who once sat in four Passaic County, N.J., municipalities—Haledon, North Haledon, Ringwood and Wanaque—was censured by the N.J. Supreme Court on July 18 and permanently banned from the bench.
The court acted on a May 1 presentment from the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct, which found “egregious misconduct that seriously weakens the public’s confidence in the integrity and independence of the judiciary, and demonstrates a disturbing lack of good judgment.”
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
