Judge H. Lon Harper

04/29/2005
 Former Judge, Houston, Harris County, Texas
 CJC Nos. 04-1181-RT and 05-0256-RT

Honorable Faith Johnson

04/29/2005
 363rd Judicial District Court
 CJC No. 05-0201-DI

Private Admonition of a Justice of the Peace (03/17/05)

03/17/2005
 
 

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...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (03/17/05).

03/17/2005
 
 

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 ...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (02/21/05).

02/21/2005
 
 

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...

Private Warning of a District Judge (02/21/05).

02/21/2005
 
 

The judge lent the prestige of his judicial office to advance the private interests of his wife when he publicly supported her campaign for county commissioner, and when he allowed his judicial tit...

Honorable Jim Richard

02/21/2005
 Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4, Sugarland, Fort Bend County, Texas
 CJC No. 04-0767-JP

Private Admonition of a District Judge (01/19/05).

01/19/2005
 
 

Following a hearing in a hotly contested custody dispute, the judge observed a meeting between the pro se litigant and opposing counsel and approached them to foster a settlement discussion between...