Private Reprimand and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (12/4/20)

12/04/2020

The judge lent the prestige of his judicial office to advance the private interests of others when he placed a telephone call to a district court judge before whom a child custody case was pending to discuss the case and the parties.  [Violation of Canon 2B of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.]  Private Reprimand and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace.  (12/4/20).