A state lawmaker is demanding a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice’s removal from the bench due to his refusal to recuse himself from cases in which Michael Best & Friedrich represents clients, despite the fact that the judge received thousands of dollars in free legal services from the firm.
In one of his first acts as administrative judge of Philadelphia Traffic Court, Common Pleas Court Judge Gary S. Glazer has removed Traffic Court Judge Willie Singletary from the bench. The action was taken after Singletary allegedly showed a photograph of his genitals to a Philadelphia Parking Authority contractor.
A New York judge has ruled that an attorney should face a sanctions hearing for allegedly dragging out a divorce trial to prevent the judge from finishing the case before she leaves the bench upon reaching the mandatory state retirement age.
The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline has removed a magisterial district judge from the bench after finding she violated conduct standards and the state constitution by telling staff she would not be coming to court 116 days over a two-year period and, when she did come to court, habitually arriving late.
A New Jersey municipal prosecutor who lost her job for reporting that a judge was drunk on the bench has been awarded $1.26 million in fees in her whistleblower suit, bringing her total recovery to $2.68 million. Now a partner with a small firm, Michele D’Onofrio says, “The system works.”