Legal Ethics

Judge Reprimanded for Friending Lawyer and Googling Litigant

By Debra Cassens Weiss

Jun 1, 2009, 06:20 am CST

A North Carolina judge has been reprimanded for “friending” a lawyer in a pending case, posting and reading messages about the litigation, and accessing the website of the opposing party.

Judge B. Carlton Terry Jr. and lawyer Charles Shieck both posted messages about the child custody and support case heard… full story