A county magistrate in North Georgia has resigned to put an end to an ethics investigation over his practice of distributing pre-signed, blank arrest warrants to local police.
At this point in his administration, President Obama lags behind both Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in terms of his lower-court appointments.
Updated: The Middlesex District Attorney’s office announced that it has dropped misdemeanor larceny charges against a Massachusetts judge over alleged misrepresentations of the features of a combination crib-and-playpen set she…
When Chief Justice Ronald Castille attended a winter meeting of the Pennsylvania Bar Association at the Casa Marina Resort in Key West, Fla., the bar picked up his $2,240 tab.
A Sydney lawyer who stole two valuable paintings while dining in an art gallery restaurant has persuaded a judge that he doesn’t remember committing the crime.
A federal appeals court has refused to vacate the 2008 guilty plea of David Zachary Scruggs, son of disgraced former plaintiffs lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, who was implicated in a…
An Alabama man who’s already serving a 100-year sentence for the rape of one woman has gotten another 624 years added to his sentence for the rape and sodomy of…
Two federal judges still wear their robes when they participate in a twice-a-month group program at their Chicago courthouse that is intended to help former inmates with substance-abuse issues stay…
A New York judge in the appellate division is leaving his $168,600-per-year job to pursue a position with a private alternative dispute resolution company.
A criminal contempt trial is under way against two Texas lawyers, concerning their winning defense of an El Paso municipal court judge in a criminal trial last year.
A longtime Connecticut prosecutor recently fired from his $129,000-a-year job due in part to allegations that he secretly filmed women’s legs in and around the courthouse at which he then…
A retired former justice of the Montana Supreme Court is temporarily serving as a justice of the peace in Lake County, after her longtime predecessor on the Polson court seat…
Updated: A judge in Corpus Christi ordered two attorneys who were appearing before her to take ethics classes after they were reportedly seen looking through her cell phone.
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