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Judge Disciplined for Calling Lawyer Mentally Ill and Corrupt

Judge Lopez issued a ruling where she agreed to recuse, but in it said Garza was mentally ill and corrupt and that he violated attorney-client privilege, the commission report states.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Not Truthful: Ex-Harris County Judge Given Second Reprimand

The former judge is currently a defense attorney.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-41

Where the relationship between the judge and a former client completely ended more than two years ago, including payment of legal fees, that former attorney/client relationship does not bar the judge from considering the former client's application for a pistol permit.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-40

(1) A judge who is a former assistant district attorney need not disqualify from unrelated civil matters involving individuals who were investigated or prosecuted by the judge or his/her subordinates during the judge's tenure. (2) A judge's impartiality cannot reasonably be questioned in a matter merely because one of the litigants is an attorney the judge knows professionally from practicing law and engaging in bar association activities over the course of many years.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-39

A county court judge may participate in judicial associations with the judges of the local courts over which the judge exercises appellate jurisdiction.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Judge Admonished for Writing Recommendation Letters for Pistol Licenses

A Westchester judge was also charged with engaging in ex parte communications, and failing to timely file his financial disclosure statement.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

'Clear Abuse of Discretion': 9th Circuit Says Judge Should Have Recused From Death Row Inmate's Lawsuit

"There is no reason for Judge Brailsford to subject herself to the very human pressures that arise out of sitting in judgment in cases involving people we know and value as friends," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Supreme Court Steps In to Dismiss Controversial Ethics Complaint Against Mercer County Presiding Judge

Sources who spoke with the Law Journal said it was very rare for the high court to take a case from the ACJC before the disciplinary body had made a ruling.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-38

A town justice need not disqualify from cases involving tickets issued by his/her co-judge in the co-judge's former capacity as a law enforcement officer.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-36

On the facts presented, a judge may not accept a practicing attorney as a volunteer in chambers, where that attorney is currently a judicial candidate seeking election to judicial office.
3 minute read

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