Private Warning of Former County Judge

11/06/2015
 
 

The judge authorized candidates to use the judge’s name and judicial title in campaign literature that constituted public endorsements of various candidates for public office. The judge failed to c...

Honorable Jacquelyn Wright

09/22/2015
 Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
 CJC No. 14-0651-JP

Public Warning and Order of Additional Education

Private Reprimand and Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Court Judge

09/21/2015
 
 

The judge failed to be patient, dignified, and courteous toward litigants and failed to afford these litigants the right to be heard according to law. [Violation of Canons 3B(4) and 3B(8) of the Te...

Private Reprimand and Order of Additional Education of a Judicial District Court Judge 09/10/2015

09/10/2015
 
 

The judge’s email to a colleague presiding over a custody case involving members of the judge’s own family constituted an improper use of the prestige of judicial office to advance the private inte...

Honorable Jeanine L. Howard

09/05/2015
 Criminal District Court No. 6, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
 CJC Nos. 14-0821-DI, 14-0846-DI, 14-0874-DI, and 15-0145-DI

Public Warning and Order of Additional Education

Honorable Eric Clifford

09/05/2015
 6th Judicial District Court, Lamar and Red River Counties
 CJC Nos. 14-0557-DI, 14-0609-DI, 14-0617-DI, 14-0687-DI, 14-0693-DI, and 14-0795-DI

Public Reprimand

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Court Judge 09/01/2015

09/01/2015
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and demonstrated a lack of professional competence in the law by enforcing local rules that unfairly punished defendants for the dilatory conduct of their at...

Private Reprimand of a Judicial District Judge (09/01/2015)

09/01/2015
 
 

The judge inappropriately used public resources, including but not limited to court property, time, and letterhead, to retaliate against a political opponent and to pressure colleagues into interce...