Two Texas justices of the peace involved in separate cases were suspended after being indicted on criminal charges that include felony drug possession in one instance and official oppression in the other, according to the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
A grand jury in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, has indicted Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill on 16 felony counts that allege intimidation and malfeasance in office.
A lawyer who worked in Missouri state government for two decades, most recently as the top legal counsel for the Missouri Department of Revenue, was arrested in an apparent child enticement sting operation.
A man’s run-ins with the police and civil court cases make him unsuitable to be appointed as a constable in Pennsylvania, according to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania’s president judge.
A judge in Waco, Texas, who was disciplined for refusing to perform same-sex weddings was awarded $640,000 in her lawsuit against the state’s judicial oversight agency.
A San Antonio attorney received a 20-year prison sentence last week after pleading guilty of stealing more than $500,000 from six kids whose parents died in a murder-suicide five years ago.
A former Brooklyn Supreme Court justice was arrested Tuesday for allegedly participating in numerous schemes to defraud investors in commercial real estate deals.
A Georgia prosecutor who repeatedly filed documents with artificial intelligence-generated citations that referenced cases that were wrong or fictitious during a murder trial has been suspended for six months from practicing before the Georgia Supreme Court.
A Texas justice of the peace is under investigation after having a verbal exchange with several teenagers inside a 24-hour burger restaurant that later allegedly escalated into physical blows with one teen.
Calvin Duncan’s journey from being wrongfully convicted of murder to getting elected to serve as a criminal court clerk in Louisiana has been abruptly halted.
In an environment of surging threats against members of the judiciary, some state judges say they don't feel adequately protected, and some are carrying guns to defend themselves if necessary, according to a story by the New York Times.
Two attorneys in New Orleans' law department have resigned after an investigation found that they used artificial intelligence to create fake case citations in a court filing.
