State Judges

A Non-Party Visitor to the Court is Wrongfully Jailed by a Judge And Ends Up Having His Foot Amputated

Because of the ankle restraint Defendants used on him, Mr. Hale, who suffers from diabetes, developed an ulcer on his foot that...

Fishin’ for a Fight in the Hall of Secrecy Known as the SCJC

Steve Fischer, a commissioner on the [Texas] State Commission on Judicial Conduct, has gone head-to-head with chairman David Hall over the commission’s...

April is Upon Us and It’s a Foolish Dozen of Texas Lawyers Behavin’ Badly. Then there’s the Bakers Dozen You’ll Never Know About. It’s a Secret.

Judge Gena Slaughter Fails, Fails and Fails Again, But Receives Only a Specially Commissioned Public Slap

Dallas judge Gena Slaughter received a public warning, a lesser sanction than the public reprimand ordered in 2019. That's unacceptable based on...

How to Make a Judicial Complaint Citing the Right Arguments In Law

The fact is many of those with judicial grievances normally pen judicial complaints while high on emotions and fall into the trap...

I Swear On My Pinkey I Didn’t Issue Arrest Warrants During CoronaVirus Says Judge Facing Disciplinary Charges

We are in a time of unprecedented crisis.  We must focus on clearing as many people as possible out of our jails...

Judge Swops Favorable Ruling for a Beach House Vacation at the Lawyers’ Insistence. Here’s What Happened.

A Pennsylvania lawyer has won reinstatement to practice after his suspension for letting a Luzerne County judge use his beach house in...

Texas Lawyers Behaving Badly in Mad March 2020. An Array of In-Progress Results This Month and a Few New Additions

The State Bar of Texas' March Madness List of 15 disciplined lawyers and judges. Then there's the secret eight, a list of...

Florida State Appellate Court Sinks to a New Low as it Denies Homeowner Attorney Fees, Reversing a Ruling It Abruptly Pulled Five Months Ago.

In the context of attorney's fees, "it is well settled that the payment of a previously denied claim following the initiation of...

Meanwhile in California, a Judge Faces Disciplinary Commission for Six Counts of Judicial Misconduct

The California Commission on Judicial Performance confirmed that it would move forward with formal proceedings against Judge Jeffrey Bennett of the Ventura...

Texas State Judge is Slapped for the Fifth Time, instead of being Slaughtered

Judge Gena Slaughters' law license was suspended five times since she was first elected in 2007, according to a public reprimand that...

Texas State Judge Furious at Jury Trial Request Gets the Standard Issue Public Slap by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct

Texas Judge Slapped: According to the public warning, released by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct, attorney Stefanie Collins (pictured) was representing...

A Former Felon and Lawyer Wanted His Texas Law License Reinstated. His Request Was Correctly Denied.

Eggert was licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and the Northern District of Texas in 2004. The following year, Eggert moved to...

Editors Choice: What Does A Robe Mean to A Judge In Texas – in Particular Where There IS Fraud On the Court?

Unbeknownst to many, federal courts have the power under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to set aside judgments entered years earlier...

The Federal Reserve is Bank Owned. Two Banks Own 75 Percent of It. Can You Name Them?

Still, it serves as yet another red flag for those concerned with the power of too-big-to-fail banks that the top two banks...

The SCJC Prominently Displays the Judicial Code of Conduct in Public Warning to Texas State Judge – Federal Judges Are Immune from the Code of Conduct.

The Texas judge sua sponte appointed a different attorney for the defendant, but never entered a written order removing the original attorney,...

A Racy Racist Judge On the Bench Who Just Can’t Keep Out of the News

A district court judge made a stunning public admission Sunday – that she indeed used a stinging racial slur against a black...

In Houston, Texas, Harris County Clerk Suddenly Resigns after Short Tenure

Trautman took office January 1, 2019. She made expanding access to the voting process the major focus of her tenure, initiating county-wide...