New details have emerged in the case of a California woman murdered last week by her increasingly abusive husband, and the district attorney’s office in Los Angeles County reportedly is…
A Milwaukee judge known as a fastidious dresser held up a sentencing hearing for three hours yesterday because a prosecutor came to court wearing an ascot.
Formal ethics charges have been filed against Las Vegas Judge Elizabeth Halverson, who was suspended on an interim basis this fall based on allegations…
During a 16-year stint as a probate judge in Portland, Conn., Richard Guliani heard three cases in which he was also acting as an attorney. This was, however, a conflict…
A University of North Carolina law professor penned an Op-Ed piece this week challenging the notion that giving federal judges a pay raise will improve the quality of the judiciary.
The Washington Post was able to find the Social Security numbers of former secretary of state Colin Powell, Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler, and former Dallas Cowboys…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. took a different tack when he asked for pay raises for judges in his annual year-end report on the federal judiciary.
New York’s Commission on Judicial Conduct has admonished a judge for sending a threatening letter to a tenant in an attempt to enforce a landlord/tenant oral settlement that went beyond…
In an unusual firsthand look at the conditions of a trailer park, U.S. District Judge Stephen Larson trekked through muddy roads, accompanying inspectors at Duroville on the Torres Martinez Indian…
A special court panel has found that U.S. District Judge Thomas Porteous of New Orleans has engaged in conduct that might constitute grounds for impeachment, including filing false statements with…
A Florida appeals court has removed a state judge from presiding over a blackmail case in which her comments implied that she might not be fair to the prosecution.