| Action |
Date Issued |
Summary |
| Private Admonition of a County Court at Law Judge |
10/12/2023 |
The judge failed to comply with the law when the judge operated a motor vehicle while intoxicated. [Violation of Canon 2A of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] |
| Private Reprimand of a Justice of the Peace (12/20/23). |
12/20/2023 |
The judge lent the prestige of judicial office to advance the judge's private interest and the client during the judge's legal representation of the client in a small claims case. [Violation of Canon 2B of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] |
| Private Reprimand and Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Court Judge (4/15/24). |
04/15/2024 |
The judge failed to comply with the law and maintain professional competence in the law when the judge failed to obtain the mandatory judicial education hours for the 2022-2023 Academic Year. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Reprimand & Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Court Judge (4/15/24). |
| Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Criminal Magistrate |
04/18/2024 |
The judge made statements in his campaign materials which that created the impression the judge was making a pledge or promise of conduct in office regarding pending or impending cases, specific classes of cases, specific classes of litigants, or specific propositions of law that would suggest to a reasonable person the judge is predisposed to a probable decision in cases within the scope of the pledge. [Violation of Canon 5(1)(i) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] |
| Private Warning of a Justice of the Peace |
05/14/2024 |
The judge lent the prestige of judicial office to advance the private interest of another and conducted an extra-judicial activity in a manner that case reasonable doubt on the judge's capacity to at impartially when the judge engaged in the investigation of the judge's family members' school disciplinary review. [Violation of Canons 2B and 4A(1) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Warning of a Justice of the Peace (5/14/24). |
| Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace |
8/21/2024 |
The judge made a social media post soliciting funds for the judge's church. [Violation of Canon 4C(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct] |
| Private Admonition of a Former District Court Judge |
8/30/2024 |
The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law when the judge failed to either grant a recusal motion or refer it to the regional presiding judge within three business days of filing, pursuant to Rule 18a(f)(1) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] |
