The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law by permitting defendants to make charitable donations in lieu of performing community service when ...
The judge failed to comply with the law, engaged in an improper ex parte communication with a litigant, and denied a party the right to be heard according to law when he: (1) communicated and plea ...
The judge willfully and/or persistently violated the law when he: (1) engaged in conduct that favored a relative of a member of the city council; (2) engaged in an undignified, impatient, and disco...
The judge willfully and/or persistently violated the law when he allowed defendants to make donations to private non-profit organizations in exchange for a credit on their assessed fines. The judge...
The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law when he: (1) ordered various individuals in his court into “timeout”, and ordered his bailiff to ha...
The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law when she allowed her court staff and city prosecutors to “take” pleas from juvenile defendants in h...
The judge presided over a criminal matter wherein he was the injured party. The judge was disqualified from presiding over the matter and should have arranged to have another judge handle the plea....
Six (6) judges failed to obtain the mandatory judicial education hours during the 2010 academic year. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Admonition an...