7510 ABA Journal Judiciary articles.
A former Colorado judge has had his law license suspended for three years after an affair with a prosecutor.
Grafton Minot Biddle of Douglas County was accused of having an…
Dec 19, 2007 1:51 PM CST
In an effort to ease a backlog of cases, an Australian court recently amped up its roster of magistrate judges, adding a part-time jurist. Unfortunately, no one remembered that George…
Dec 18, 2007 10:58 PM CST
A young animal rights attorney in Minneapolis is on the hot seat after writing to the judge hearing a case against a man accused of ripping the head off of…
Dec 14, 2007 5:15 PM CST
A judge who gave holiday gifts to jurors and candy to the 4-year-old plaintiff denied a fair trial to the defense, according to a New York state appeals court.
The…
Dec 14, 2007 1:12 PM CST
A federal judge who was suspended for four months in September for allegedly sexually harassing a female employee is now reportedly being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice.
However,…
Dec 14, 2007 12:14 AM CST
Federal judges would get a pay raise for the first time in two decades under a bill approved by the House Judiciary Committee yesterday.
Trial level judges would earn $218,000…
Dec 13, 2007 11:23 AM CST
Underfunded and something of an afterthought in the nation’s legal scheme, tribal courts present special challenges for the judges who oversee them.
Judge Joseph Thomas Flies-Away, for instance, sounded much…
Dec 12, 2007 8:26 PM CST
Prosecutors have dropped a marijuana charge against a former Florida judge arrested for smoking pot in a park.
Judge Lawrence Korda of Broward County accepted…
Dec 12, 2007 3:32 PM CST Out-of-service elevators at the Bronx Family Court have led to hours-long waits for working elevators by litigants and witnesses. Some judges have been forced to postpone hearings because of the…
Dec 12, 2007 2:29 PM CST Backing a federal judge accused by a newspaper of awarding more than $4.8 million in judgments and fees to individuals with whom he had political and business ties without fully…
Dec 12, 2007 12:12 AM CST A “famously plodding judge” has spent a decade pondering his options after a magistrate recommended a $5.4 million judgment against a New York town for civil rights violations, the Lawyers recommended to a disciplinary panel at a hearing today that a New Hampshire judge be publicly reprimanded for helping her husband shield assets from creditors as he was being…
Dec 10, 2007 9:37 PM CST A routine training session led to another, in-depth program for a Washington state judge censured for his “demeaning, offensive and shocking” behavior at a Los Angeles conference last summer. Judge…
Dec 10, 2007 6:37 PM CST The chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will join Pittsburgh law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney after he retires from the court in January. Chief Justice Ralph Cappy will…
Dec 6, 2007 3:17 PM CST A New York judge has lost a bid to block ethics proceedings against him based on a claim that the chair of the ethics commission showed racial bias in a…
Dec 6, 2007 1:16 PM CSTBroken Elevators Delay Bronx Family Court Hearings
9th Circuit Backs Judge Despite Work Given to Friends
‘Plodding’ Federal Judge Still Pondering 1990 Civil Rights Case
Judge Helped Spouse Shield Assets
Judge Talks Himself into Trouble
Pa. Chief Judge to Join Buchanan Ingersoll
Second Judge Cites ‘Schmucks!’ Book to Contest Ethics Charges
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