#judicial-misconduct

#judicial-misconduct

A state oversight panel found probable cause to bring formal disciplinary charges against a Miami-Dade judge in an investigation that began after the Miami Herald published her text messages denigrating a fellow judge and pressuring Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle about one of Miami's biggest criminal cases.

A former New York judge who joined Anderson Kill last month told Law360 that he made the move because of family considerations and a looming mandatory retirement when he turns 70 years old in a few years. But former Judge Louis L. Nock did not mention that he joined the law firm on the same day that New York ethics regulators agreed to drop ethics charges against him in return for his agreement to resign from the bench and never accept judicial office again,

New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to a $1,200 fine after striking a deal to resolve charges that she attempted to interfere with a criminal investigation involving her husband. Hantz Marconi, 69, was sentenced by Judge Martin Honigberg in Merrimack Superior Court in Concord after pleading no contest to criminal solicitation of misuse of position.

Marconi had been accused of soliciting then-Republican Gov. Chris Sununu to influence the attorney general's investigation into her husband, telling him that the investigation was the result of "personal petty and/or political biases." According to the indictment, she told Sununu there was no merit to the allegations and that any investigation into her husband "needed to be wrapped up quickly because she was recused from important cases pending" before the court.

The Commission on Judicial Performance, the state agency responsible for probing complaints of judicial misconduct and incapacity as well as disciplining judges, issued its findings in August. A public admonishment is typically issued for serious misconduct. The commission found that while presiding over criminal matters at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles, Superior Court Judge Enrique Monguia made public remarks threatening to "shoot" people or have people "shot" by his bailiff, including attorneys and a retired judge.

The Chronicle, which helped to sensationalize the "doom loop" narrative about San Francisco four years ago, now has a headline about the beginnings of a "boom loop." The article goes on to talk about the fact that the AI boom and rising rents still doesn't mean developers are rushing to build new housing yet. [Chronicle] The California Commission on Judicial Performance has admonished a Los Angeles County judge, Judge Enrique Monguia, for threatening to shoot defendants and attorneys, or to have them

Jones, the (now former) federal bankruptcy judge, somehow didn't recuse himself from cases involving Freeman, the (now former) partner at Jackson Walker. As a result, Jones resigned and the Department of Justice sued Freeman's former firm to try to disgorge up to $23 million in fees it collected in the 33 cases overseen by Jones while he was involved with Freeman.

"If you are going to try to be a lawyer, then refer to me by my title as well, okay. Thank you."

"Judge Woods' behavior is highly inappropriate and unethical, and he creates a toxic work environment, particularly for attorneys who are women of color."

McCarthy criticized the indictment as a misuse of power, emphasizing the importance of judicial integrity and expressing concern for the future of the legal system.

"This would untie those hands. Theoretically, it's something they should support."

"Dugan directed the defendant and his attorney out of the courtroom's 'jury door' to a non-public area... where the feds had been informed they couldn't make the arrest."