All posts tagged "judges"

Intervenors Submit Second Motion to Disqualify Judge Jill Pryor, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Judge Pryor’s Order to Seal the Burkes Motion to Disqualify is unlawful and unconstitutional, pure and simple. Judge Jill Pryor’s actions demand...

New Jersey Lawyer Suspended for Online Review Retaliation. The Texas Commission for Lawyer Discipline Would Reject the Complaint as an Inquiry.

New Jersey Supreme Court lawyer discipline versus Texas Commission for Lawyer Discipline. Find out which state looks after citizens from rogue lawyers.

Texas Supreme Court Says Evict all the Private Renters During a Pandemic as the Wall Street Investors in REITs Need People Who Can Pay

More than 1.9 million people have filed unemployment claims with the state in the past two months but Texas says Evict the...

Trump’s Court Takeover Includes McConnell Opening Up Congress to ‘Sardine Can’ Judges Onto Bench

Plus, a look at 3 circuit courts. The ninth, eleventh and fifth circuit courts decide thousands of cases a year with broad...

Judge Facing Eviction During Pandemic Sues His Insurer, AllState

Judge Faced With Eviction Sues: Allstate, told the Browns on March 19 that a notice to vacate had been submitted to their...

Gov. Abbott, The Resuscitated Founding Fathers and a Number of Unhappy Black Robes Walk into the Texas Supreme Court…

The Constitution is not suspended when the government declares a state of disaster. Nor do constitutional limitations on the jurisdiction of courts...

COVID-19: Another Ohio State Judge Barred from High-Risk In-Person Court Hearings

The Ohio Supreme Court ordered Medina County Domestic Relations Court Judge Mary Kovack to stop holding all in-person hearings amid COVID-19.

President Donald Trump Knows the Path to Reelection and Protection – the Judiciary

President Donald Trump threatens to adjourn both chambers of Congress so he can make appointments to fill vacant positions and judicial slots.

Appellants and Denied Lower Court Intervenors Give Notice to Eleventh Circuit About Judge Jill Pryor

It is obvious the Burkes intend to file a second motion to disqualify Judge Pryor based the on new facts raised (sealing...

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.

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...

Leonard Leo, the Federalist Society and Five Angry Senators

Mr. Leo’s personal financial interest in advocacy efforts related to the judicial selection and nominations process raises serious concerns regarding potential conflicts...

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...

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...

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,...