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...
The judge’s failure to render a judgment in a small claims matter until sixteen (16) months after the case was heard, and after the plaintiff made numerous attempts to contact the judge in order to...
The judge conducted a trial and entered an order purporting to enforce a provision in a decree of divorce, even though the judge did not have jurisdiction to hear the matter. [Violation of Canons ...
A school district’s police officers were conducting traffic stops within the judge’s precinct, during which time the judge was pulled over and issued a verbal warning. Thereafter, the judge wrote...