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New York Law Journal

Bronx Judge Says He Was Treated Harshly in Reassignment Out of Criminal Part

An attorney for a Bronx state judge who was stripped of his caseload and his chambers last week for refusing a new assignment to a Domestic Violence Part said court system officials were hasty and heavy-handed in dealing with his client's case.
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Daily Report Online

Judicial Watchdog Charges Griffin Circuit Judge With Misappropriating Registry Funds

The state Judicial Qualifications Commission accused Griffin Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Mack Crawford of violating the state judicial ethics code when he gave a court clerk a note ordering her to write him a check for more than $15,000 from the court registry.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Camden Judge Denies Ethics Violations in Email Exchange Over Trial Date

A New Jersey municipal judge is denying that she violated ethics rules when she sent what judiciary officials say were a series of "discourteous and undignified" emails to a local prosecutor.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Do Not Set Hearings': Ex-Fla. Judge Accused of Faking His Calendar to Avoid Work

Former Broward Circuit Judge John Patrick Contini, who stepped down amid an ethics investigation this month, faces fresh accusations from the state JQC.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Do Not Set Hearings': Judge Contini Accused of Faking His Calendar to Avoid Work

Former Broward Circuit Judge John Patrick Contini, who stepped down amid an ethics investigation this month, faces fresh accusations from the state JQC.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

What's Behind Brett Kavanaugh's 145 DC Circuit Recusals?

"To the best of my knowledge, I have not been automatically recused in any cases without my also separately reviewing the case," Kavanaugh wrote in his Senate questionnaire. "I review all cases myself, including those in which the clerk's office identifies a potential conflict."
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

BAR REPORT - Capitol Report

Supreme Court report recommends municipal court reform following NJSBA report
1 minute read

The Recorder

3 Takeaways From Failed Ryan Bounds 9th Circuit Nomination

Ninth Circuit watchers reached shortly after news broke that President Trump's first Ninth Circuit nominee had been withdrawn were shocked. But they said the episode could illuminate challenges the administration faces in changing the makeup of the nation's largest federal appellate court.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Ryan Bounds, Trumps Ninth Circuit Nominee, Withdrawn From Senate Floor Vote

Both of Bounds' home-state senators, Democrats Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, opposed his nomination.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I am a judicial officer and there have been several complaints made against me in my performance as a judge. Can judicial discipline affect my pension or can I resign and stop any proceedings?
2 minute read

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