The judge failed to render judgment in open court at the conclusion of a trial in a small claims suit, as required under Rule 557 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. [Violation of Canon 3B(2) o...
The judge wrote a letter on behalf of a local political party, identifying himself as the County Judge, and criticized an incumbent candidate for public office. By singling out and targeting this ...
The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law when she issued letters to two individuals which were de facto peace bond orders in which the judge...
The judge exploited his position and used the prestige of his judicial office to advance his own private interests when he sent a pre-suit demand to the defendants in his private lawsuit, and then ...
The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law when he allowed a case that had originally been filed in a municipal court to be “transferred” to h...
The judge made sarcastic and untoward remarks to the defendant and his attorney with others present in the courtroom hallway while the defendant was waiting to appear before a grand jury. The judg...
The judge displayed poor judgment when he met privately with a person who had a disagreement with the judge, and then made comments to that person that could reasonably be construed as threatening ...
The judge adjudicated a dispute between two individuals and issued a written order granting possession of property to one of the individual’s representatives when there was no case pending in his c...
