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Fla. Supreme Court for 2nd Time Rejects Proposed Discipline for Miami-Dade Judge

In a 5-2 decision on Friday, the Florida Supreme Court said no to the latest sanctions proposed by the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) and Miami-Dade County Court Judge Maria Ortiz, charged with violating the judicial code of conduct by accepting free hotel stays with her husband, a government official who allegedly took them as bribes.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Judge Russo Reinstated and Reassigned, But Ethics Charges Remain

New Jersey Superior Court Judge John F. Russo Jr., off the bench for nearly 20 months and accused of courtroom impropriety in his questioning of a sexual assault victim on the witness stand, is back on the job.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I am representing an individual charged with murder in the first degree and it appears the death penalty will be sought. The evidence is overwhelming. I want to focus on the penalty phase. The client, who I think is mentally unbalanced, wants me to fight the guilt/innocence phase. What can I ethically do?
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judicial Watchdog Agency Suspends Superior Court Judge Robert 'Mack' Crawford

The JQC move comes after the state Supreme Court opted not to suspend Crawford in October.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Federal Judiciary Gets Its First 'Judicial Integrity Officer'

Tenth Circuit administrator Jill Langley will fill the position created in the wake of widely publicized sexual harassment allegations against former Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Newark City Judge Faces Ethics Charges Over Litigant's Lengthy Jail Stay

The state Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct filed the complaint against Newark Municipal Court Judge Marvin Adames.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Chief Justice Roberts Rightly Defended Judiciary Amid Trump's Criticism

All presidents select and nominate judges who they think will best advance and uphold their agenda. In that respect, there are “Obama judges” just as there are “Trump judges,” and that reality must be recognized. On the other hand, we believe the chief justice, as the leader of the federal Judiciary, was warranted in saying what he did.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

A 'Difficult Balancing Act': Navigating the Judicial Misconduct Commission

In his Judicial Conduct column, Richard Emery discusses a determination of the Commission on Judicial Conduct which resulted in the removal of a civil court judge. What is clear from the case is that whether a judge can get away with bullying or abusive conduct on the bench is no measure of whether those same tactics will succeed when the Commission investigates the judge's actions.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Western NY Judge Slapped for Presiding in Criminal Cases Despite Conflict

David Porter, a justice of the Allegany Town Court in Cattaraugus County, did not disqualify himself from the cases, even though they were prompted by a land dispute he previously discussed with his neighbor at home, the commission said.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Embattled Phila. Judge Overturned for Wrongly Jailing a Grandmother

Although she was removed from the Philadelphia Family Court bench in June, Judge Lyris Younge continues to have her rulings overturned on appeal—this time for inappropriately locking up a grandmother at a court hearing.
5 minute read

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