By Dan Roe | July 23, 2024
Judge Stacey Jernigan claims the "bombastic" hedge fund managers in her books are pure fiction, but ethics experts argue they violate her responsibility to appear impartial.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 22, 2024
A judge may not stand for election to or serve on a local school board notwithstanding their child's attendance at a local public high school. The judge may attend and participate in school board meetings as the parent of a current student.
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By Brian Lee | July 22, 2024
The commission's cumulative decision said Oneida County Supreme Court Justice Erin Gall engaged in "a racially offensive, profane, prolonged public diatribe outside a high school graduation party."
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By Adolfo Pesquera | July 22, 2024
The 2023 state bar president, Cindy Tisdale, mandated the project last summer and the taskforce's interim report was submitted to the Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda.
4 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 21, 2024
A judge who assumes judicial office on an apparently unequivocal campaign pledge to incarcerate offenders, exclude drug dealers from the community, ensure maximum sentencing of repeat offenders, and protect victims of domestic violence, thus effectively promising to aid law enforcement rather than apply the law neutrally and impartially in such matters, is disqualified during his/her entire judicial term from: (1) all criminal cases; (2) cases in any court involving allegations of domestic violence; (3) all Vehicle and Traffic Law matters; and (4) cases in any court involving purported drug dealers. Disqualification on this ground is not subject to remittal.
6 minute read
By The Associated Press | July 19, 2024
The new judge presiding over the prosecution of the rapper and several other defendants says she plans to move forward expeditiously with the trial.
2 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 18, 2024
A part-time attorney judge need not disclose or disqualify in matters involving the sheriff's office, merely because the judge's law firm is representing first-degree relatives of the county sheriff in a personal legal matter.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 17, 2024
A town justice who was previously a non-supervisory police officer in certain local police departments is not disqualified on that basis from cases involving those police departments, provided the judge (1) had no personal involvement in the matter before him/her and (2) can be fair and impartial.
3 minute read
By Cheryl Miller | July 17, 2024
Calaveras County Superior Court Judge Timothy "Tim" Healy was admonished by the Commission on Judicial Performance on Tuesday for repeated displays of poor behavior and unprofessional remarks over a six-year period.
4 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 16, 2024
A judge may not accept an invitation as a keynote speaker for an event sponsored by a law center that is engaged in matters of substantial public controversy and whose mission focuses on supporting core political and executive branch functions.
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