Topic
Judicial Misconduct
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California Employment Law Update
Court Reverses $10 Million Sexual Harassment Verdict Due To Judge’s “Bizarre Comments”
On April 7, 2025, the California Court of Appeal reversed a whopping $10 million verdict in favor of an employee in a sexual harassment case due to the trial judge’s…
Legal Profession Blog
Never To Return
A press release of the New York Commission on Judicial ConductJeffrey M. Zimmerman, a Judge of the New York City Criminal Court and an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court,…
Legal Profession Blog
Judge Removed From Office
The New Jersey Supreme Court has removed a municipal court judge from officeThis matter involves serious acts of misconduct by a Judge of the Municipal Court, Respondent R. Douglas Hoffman.…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Judiciary Law 487 Claim Remains After Appeal
We reported on this case when it was decided in Supreme Court and now after a couple of years it has been decided in the Appellate Division in Altman v…
Legal Profession Blog
Loose Screws
The Indiana Supreme Court has suspended a tactile judge for 30 days without payRespondent was appointed judge of the Lake Superior Court in July 2007 and began serving in that…
Texas Appellate Counsel
E144 | Addressing Misconduct and Disability in the Federal Judiciary | Chris Dove
For Chris Dove, it started when he came upon articles in Above the Law about the saga of then-95-year-old federal Judge Pauline Newman. A giant in IP law, Judge Newman…
Legal Profession Blog
An Incident In Fells Point
The Maryland Supreme Court has accepted a consent discipline of a 20-day suspension without pay of a Baltimore district court judge.All but five days were stayed.The incident that led to…
Legal Profession Blog
A Sham Proceeding
A decision recently issued by the New York Commission on Judicial ConductLouis P. Violanti, an Associate Judge of the Lackawanna City Court, Erie County, resigned from office on January 23,…
Legal Profession Blog
Animal Court
A Rotterdam town court justice has resigned and agreed to not hold future judicial office after being formally charged with misconduct by the New York Commission on Judicial Conduct.Allegations are…
Law Times News
OCA justice says majority decision in case is ‘micromanaging’ and opens door to panel review misuse
Justice William Hourigan accused his colleagues of misunderstanding panel reviews in dissent