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Ethics Hearing Gets Underway for Judge Christina Peterson

"They're not offended by Judge Peterson's conduct. They're offended by the fact that Judge Peterson holds office," argued respondent counsel S. Lester Tate III during opening arguments.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Panel Presses Court to Dismiss Judge Pauline Newman's Lawsuit Over Fitness Probe

"While no one questions Judge Newman's many contributions to the law, her legal claims here are jurisdictionally deficient and meritless," the motion to dismiss states.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-154

(1) A judge whose law clerk was formerly an equity partner at a law firm must insulate the law clerk from all cases in which the law clerk had any involvement whatsoever as an attorney, and must disclose the insulation. (2) While the law clerk is receiving periodic "vesting payments" from their former law firm for fees generated during the partnership, the judge must make full disclosure in all matters where that law firm appears. After disclosure, the judge may preside if the judge can be fair and impartial, and need not insulate the law clerk solely on the basis of these vesting payments. The obligation to disclose the vesting payments terminates when the payments completely end.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Top Court to Hear Arguments From Unseated Judge Who Pulled Gun on Black Defendant

Whitehall Town and Village Justice Robert Putorti, who seeks to be reinstated, admitted he told others about the incident. But his attorney is arguing that his retelling of the incident had been misinterpreted.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-153

(1) A judge need not recuse from a small claims case merely because they might potentially learn about another judge's possible legal, procedural and/or ethical missteps in another case. (2) The inquiring judge is in the best position to determine whether they have received information indicating a substantial likelihood that another judge has committed a substantial violation of the Rules Governing Judicial Conduct and, if so, what action is appropriate under the circumstances. (3) We cannot respond to questions about past conduct, legal issues, conduct of another judge, or interpretation of another judge's decisions/rulings.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Retired Orange County Judge Chastised for Rude, Intemperate Remarks

An appellate court justice was so convinced a snippy email she received from Judge Derek Hunt was a spoof that she contacted her court's security detail.
3 minute read

Law.com

Washington State Attorney Suspended for One Year After Disputing 2020 Gubernatorial Election

In December 2020, Everett attorney Stephen W. Pidgeon filed a complaint on behalf of the Loren Culp campaign in King County Superior Court to contest the results of Washington's 2020 gubernatorial election following Culp's loss to incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee the previous month, who won by a margin of 545,177 votes.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Justice Clarence Thomas Discloses Trips Paid by Billionaire Harlan Crow

Justice Samuel Alito Jr. also submits financial disclosure form following critical news reports.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-150

May a judge make charitable donations to Vote.org, which describes itself as the "largest 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan voting registration and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) technology platform in America, with the goal of reaching historically underserved voters of color and underrepresented young voters"?
2 minute read

The Recorder

Riverside Court Commissioner Admonished for Demeaning Child Custody Litigants

Riverside County Superior Court Commissioner Wendy Harris, who was temporarily suspended from practicing law in 2021, had been disciplined by her presiding judge for displaying poor temperament in a different family law case.
5 minute read

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