Search results for "Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct"
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3.5KEditors ChoiceAttorney Faces Theft Charges Obtains Bail from a Justice of the Peace Who is Currently Before the Court by the Commission for Lawyer Discipline
The focus of this article is the general decline in Texas courts integrity, from the law firms own staff to the lawyers...
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2.1K1NewsAbbott the Law. How the Governor of Texas Reigns Supreme, For Now. #RESTORETX
Two former members of Texas state’s disciplinary board for judges claim Gov. Greg Abbott ousted them for initially voting to sanction a...
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3.4K1Laws In TexasHistorical Corruption in the Texas Judiciary; 12 Years Ago A Judge Set His House On Fire, Literally, and Walked Away Burn-Free thanks to his Racist friend and District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal
Historical Facts: Arson-related charges against a former Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina were dropped, even though a grand jury indicted him,...
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7.1K1Editors Choice25 Texas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the December 2019 List of Judges and Texas Lawyer Sanctions & The 20 Bad Attorneys Who are Privately Disciplined
25 Texas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the December 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges & The 20 Bad Attorneys Who are Privately...
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3.6K1Ken PaxtonTexas Attorney in Dallas Steals $365,000 from Client and His Sentence; 320 Hrs Community Service
DALLAS, TEXAS: Attorney Tom Finley has financial woes. He and his wife were evicted from another Dallas home in 2016. Now he's...
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3.1K4JudgesJudges Who Violated State Laws and Denied Citizens and Residents of Texas their Legal Rights and Access to Justice Have their Sanctions Deleted from the SCJC Website
Eleven Houston-area judges were sanctioned in August for their bail bond practices, but the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct has deleted their...
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2.5K3JudgesYou’re a Racist Judge in Texas? Not a Problem. We’ve a Few Pro KKK Judges Left and We’re Supportive of Your Views, Sayeth Texas
Longtime Harris County judge Michael McSpadden formally slapped on the wrist for a second time by the State of Texas Commission on...
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4.0KEditors ChoiceThe Unveiling of Judges as Sexual Predators in Texas Rages On and On and On. The State of Texas Should Recognize, It’s Been Outed for Wrongly Protecting These Judges
An ex-clerk in Central Texas last week sued a former county judge Michael Sutherland, accusing him of repeatedly raping her in his...
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4.3K1Laws In TexasFrom the Bench; Why Texas Democratic Loving Attorney Mikal Watts Favorite Number is 13
Mikal Watts and his law firm in 1999 donated $5,000 to Valdez and $2,500 to Rodriguez; in 2000, $15,000 to Hinojosa; and...
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2.2KEditors ChoiceEthics and Code of Conduct: Is a Co-Chair of Social Media for the State Bar of Texas Appellate Division Licensed to “Like” a Tweet Like This?
At Laws In Texas we submit a Texas lawyer liking a tweet that condones violence and most likely death, is not ethically...
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4.4K1Editors ChoiceTexas State Judge and the Devil Wears Prada
Audit Texas : Between January 2016 and March 2017, Harris County Texas Judge Alexandra Smoots-Thomas is alleged to have misused $24,892 in...
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2.7KFederal LawTexas Judges May Wear Black Robes But They Cloak Darker Secrets
There was a judge that should’ve been put in the electric chair, and he only had his hand slapped, recalled former Commissioner...
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4.1K4Federal LawWhere is Former Texas State Chief Judge Joel “Sexting” Baker Working Today? Oh, BTW, he was also Vice Chair at the State Comission for Judicial Conduct (SCJC)
Shamed Judge and Texas Lawyer Joel Baker would be left to defend himself in front of the same panel he has served...
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3.2K2Editors ChoiceTexas State Judge who Replaced 5th Circuit Judge Catharina Haynes Blanks the Judicial Commission, Gets Public Slap on the Wrist for Ex Parte Communications
Furthermore, these actions are clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of her duties as a judge and cast public discredit upon the...
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13 Texas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the November 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges & The 9 Bad Attorneys Who are “Privately” Disciplined
13 Texas Lawyers and Judges Gone Rogue and the 9 privileged enough to be Disciplined Privately and so you'll never know -...
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2.7K4Debt CollectorEditors’ Choice: November’s State Bar of Texas Journal Invited Law Professor Fred C. Moss to Discuss Attorney Ethics and Duties Relative to a Clients’ Fraud or Crime
The failure of the offending party’s lawyer to ensure the correction of deposition perjury condones and assists fraud and undermines the justice...
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2.3K3Laws In TexasSupreme Court of Texas Releases New Opinion Where it Clarifies When [Federal] Judges Can and Have an Ethical Obligation to Testify in Court
The ethics rules for federal judges thus affirmatively encourage the reporting of attorney misconduct and the providing of testimony in disciplinary proceedings.
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3.9K2Editors ChoiceTexas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the October 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges & The 10 Bad Attorneys Who are “Privately” Disciplined
Texas Lawyers and Judges Gone Rogue - October 2019 List from the State Bar of Texas.
