Tag: Judicial Ethics
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Colorado ethics panel: Judge cannot drive car advertising wife’s law firm, may ‘occasionally’ ride in it
Judges cannot give the impression that someone is in a position of influence over them, the judicial ethics advisory board wrote
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Judicial discipline commission compares SCOTUS ethical lapses to state judges’ disclosure violations
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In an unusually detailed and strongly worded report, Colorado’s judicial discipline body made clear on Friday that dozens of judges broke the law by failing to file financial disclosure statements on time, but that not every instance merited discipline in light of related behavior from…
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Ethics opinion: Judge may testify in misconduct investigation into DA
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A trial judge may testify in misconduct proceedings involving an elected district attorney and their office without automatically needing to recuse from any criminal cases, the Colorado Supreme Court’s ethics panel concluded earlier this month. The Judicial Ethics Advisory Board, which consists of attorneys, judges…
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Colorado Supreme Court ethics panel gives thumbs-up to part-time judge’s side job as prosecutor
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A part-time county court judge can also work a second job as a prosecutor outside of his jurisdiction, the Colorado Supreme Court’s ethics panel concluded last week. The Colorado Judicial Ethics Advisory Board, which consists of lawyers, judges and non-attorneys, responded to a question from an unnamed judge who realized the prosecutor appearing in front…