Expose & report corrupt judges & attorneys. File official complaints to your state judicial oversight bodies. Cite specific violations of rules or codes. And then publish those complaints here and on the FCLU’s Facebook and Twitter sites. Research and publish reports on corrupt judges.
I asked Judge Garland to refer the complaint to another circuit because he had conflicts of interest, as did the other judges on the Court of Appeals. Instead, he referred the case to his Republican colleague, Acting Chief Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, who is almost as conflicted as he is (she is also named in my latest complaint).
Oct 24, 2021 · Corrupt Federal Judges are Now Handing Cases to Judicial Colleagues to Affirm. After LIT exposed the failure of corrupt federal judges to disclose their financial conflicts and recuse from cases, WSJ took up the torch. By justicefortexas. Posted on October 24, 2021.
May 08, 2012 · Whistleblower lawyer exposes legal and judicial corruption. May 8. Posted by Editor, cairnsnews. ... an order that did not reflect the actual orders of a Judge in an attempt to reverse the orders of that Judge. The law does not exist in WA at least as far as my appeals are concerned. The judges refuse to apply the law which leads to endless ...
Constance Baker Motley became the nation's first African American woman to serve as a federal judge in 1966, when President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed her to the Southern District of New York.Feb 20, 2020
The most common penalties for violating ethical rules are disbarment, suspension, and public or private censure.
From 1945 to 1964, Judge Motley worked on all of the major school segregation cases supported by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. She wrote the legal brief for the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education case and helped strategize on other important legal precedents.
When she was 18, Motley made a speech at local African-American social center that was heard by Clarence W. Blakeslee, a white businessman and philanthropist who sponsored the center. He was impressed and offered to finance her education.
Attorney misconduct may include: conflict of interest, overbilling, refusing to represent a client for political or professional motives, false or misleading statements, knowingly accepting worthless lawsuits, hiding evidence, abandoning a client, failing to disclose all relevant facts, arguing a position while ...
The Commission on Judicial Performance, established in 1960, is the independent state agency responsible for investigating complaints of judicial misconduct and judicial incapacity and for disciplining judges, pursuant to article VI, section 18 of the California Constitution.
Thurgood MarshallDue to his untiring dedication and skillful court presentations, he became known as the "little man's lawyer." In 1936 Thurgood Marshall became a staff lawyer under Houston for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
She was the first Black woman to argue at the Supreme Court and argued 10 landmark civil rights cases, winning nine. She was a law clerk to Thurgood Marshall, aiding him in the case Brown v. Board of Education....Constance Baker MotleyPolitical partyDemocraticSpouse(s)Joel Motley Jr. ​ ( m. 1946)​Children127 more rows
Charlotte E. RayRay, married name Charlotte E. Fraim, (born January 13, 1850, New York, New York, U.S.—died January 4, 1911, Woodside, New York), American teacher and the first black female lawyer in the United States.
In the most expansive investigation of judicial stockholdings in the U.S., the Journal revealed that 131 federal judges improperly heard 685 court cases between 2010 and 2018 in which they or their family members owned shares of companies that were plaintiffs or defendants in the litigation.
The Journal found judges failing to disqualify themselves as required in every region of the country. They included judges appointed by nearly every president from Lyndon Johnson to Donald Trump.
The Journal reviewed hundreds of financial disclosure forms filed annually from 2010 to 2018 with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The forms, filed by federal trial and appellate judges, aren’t online. The Journal used the courts’ data as obtained and digitized by the Free Law Project, a nonpartisan legal-research nonprofit.
Judges offered a variety of explanations for the violations. Some blamed court clerks. Some said their lists of companies to avoid had misspellings that foiled the conflict-screening software. Some said they had only nominal roles in the cases, such as confirming settlements, though there is no legal exemption for such roles.
After being alerted to violations by the Journal, 65 judges have directed court clerks as of Oct. 15 to notify parties in 371 lawsuits that they should have disqualified themselves and that cases could be reassigned and reopened.
In response to the Journal articles, l awmakers are proposing far-reaching changes. A bill being drafted by House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D., N.Y.) and Rep. Hank Johnson (D., Ga.), would require judges to report financial transactions, such as stock trades, within 90 days, a congressional aide said.
If a judge notifies a court clerk of a recusal violation, parties have the option to ask the court to rehear the case with a different judge.
Solicitor & Barrister of the High Court of Australia (Celebrating 20 yrs of legal practice 1990 2010), Constitutional Human Rights Lawyer & Independent Federal Candidate for Lalor (Commonwealth of Australia). Advocating Smaller, Open Governments with Lower Taxes and Smaller, Faster, Better Bureaucracy. Also Advocating Justice & Politics Reforms.
One of the few patriots left who understands the system and how it has been totally subverted under every citizen's nose. If we can help to turn it around we will, otherwise our children will have nothing. Our investigations show there is no 'government' of the people for the people of Australia.
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Why don’t GOOD attorney’s say something or report the unethical ones? Well the bar often disbars lawyers who speak out about the crimes. See the Richard Fine You Tube Video for the story
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Hayes, a judge since 2000, admitted in court documents to violating 10 different parts of the state’s judicial conduct code. One of the counts was a breach of a judge’s most essential duty: failing to “respect and comply with the law.”.
The country’s approximately 1,700 federal judges hear 400,000 cases annually.
One day, she recalled, she had to clean a blood-soaked cell where a female inmate had slit her wrists. She was freed after 20 days, using the money she saved for tuition to pay off her tickets, she said. Jail was the darkest chapter of her life, McCullough said, a place where “the devil was trying to take my mind.”.
Police ticketed her for failing to turn on her headlights. After a background check, the officer arrested McCullough on a warrant for outstanding traffic tickets.
Montgomery, Alabama has a deep history of racial conflict, as reflected in the clashing concepts emblazoned on the city’s great seal: “Cradle of the Confederacy” and “Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement.”
The judges were convicted of taking kickbacks as part of a scheme to fill a private juvenile detention center. In 2009, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court appointed senior judge Arthur Grim to lead a victim review, and the state later expunged criminal records f or 2,251 juveniles.
As in most states, Alabama’s nine-member Judicial Inquiry Commission is a mix of lawyers, judges and laypeople. All are appointed. Their deliberations are secret and they operate under some of the most judge-friendly rules in the nation. Alabama’s rules make even filing a complaint against a judge difficult.
I think lawyers know which judges will rule a certain way, and their personalities. I also think judges know which lawyers know what they are doing and which ones are complete clowns.
I wholeheartedly agree with my esteemed colleagues. If you've been practicing for a long time in a particular county or courthouse, you can't help but get to know the judges and prosecutors. And reputation is paramount. The judges and prosecutors know the good attorneys and the screw-ups.
Most criminal defense attorneys who have been practicing in a geographic area should have a rapport with the court staff, prosecuting agencies and judges. Like anything else credibility and reputation are helpful when representing a client in court.
It can be both. Lawyers who have good working relationship and respect of the DA and/or Judge goes a long way to getting a favorable resolution. If a lawyer has that kind of relationship it is certainly a selling point.
Yes it helps, unless they don't like them! Criminal Defense is a "relationship" profession.
Here's a secret: we all know each other. Knowing which judge does certain things on certain cases and which DA is more open to certain dispositions absolutely helps...
It can work both ways. If the lawyer is respected by the DA and the judge, he or she will know how to approach them in the best possible way to get you the results you want. On the other hand, there are the lawyers who prosecutors and judges know, but...