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21 Jan 2010, 12:40 pm
The death row inmate, Michael Richard, was subsequently executed.Keller was so cavalier in handling the Richard matter--her conduct was so below that which even Texas expects from its appellate judges--that she was brought up on ethics charges before the State Commission on Judicial Ethics, which conducted a significant hearing last year. [read post]
21 Jan 2010, 7:51 am
It should be done by the voters, not by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct. [read post]
20 Jan 2010, 12:04 pm
This just in, via AP:An embattled Texas judge who closed her court before a death-row inmate could file his final appeal should not lose her job or receive any further punishment beyond the "public humiliation" she has faced, a judge presiding over her ethics trial said in a report released Wednesday. [read post]
20 Jan 2010, 11:47 am
Berchelmann presided over the August 2009 hearing on the State Commission on Judicial Conduct's charges against Keller. [read post]
15 Jan 2010, 9:52 am
Texas' Third Court of Appeals recently disagreed, declaring the state must allow testing at the defendant's expense.More on Perry's Forensic Science Commission appointmentsSpeaking of the Forensics Science Commission, while its new presshound chairman has attracted the most attention, Walter Reaves mentions that it might be worth keeping an eye on another of Gov. [read post]
13 Jan 2010, 5:49 pm
Consumer Product Safety Commission; Steven Gensler, Professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law; Honorable Lee H. [read post]
13 Jan 2010, 9:47 am
Consumer Product Safety Commission; Steven Gensler, Professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law; Honorable Lee H. [read post]
7 Jan 2010, 5:00 am
According to Usha Rodrigues from University of Georgia Law School and Mike Stegemoller from Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business, in their paper Placebo Ethics, public companies are failing to disclose ethics waivers. [read post]
19 Dec 2009, 4:03 pm
[Edited: Up top, we're asking for suggestions for our upcoming poll on the top ten legal ethics stories of the decade.]Here’s my Top Ten Legal Ethics Stories list for 2009, along with Honorable Mentions under the fold. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 8:36 am
In addition to North Carolina, California, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin also have similar commissions. [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 10:11 am
Nizam Peerwani to the Texas Forensic Science Commission, replacing a previous appointment who resigned rather than make public names of his family members.And:Frost later resigned, telling Perry that he could not meet Texas Ethics Commission requirements that he disclose personal financial data. [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 4:07 am
Somehow I'd missed that one of Governor Perry's recent appointees to the Texas Forensic Science Commission - Bexar County Medical Examiner Randall Frost - had resigned in October just weeks after his appointment because he wouldn't reveal immediate family members' names or assets required on state ethics disclosures.There's got to be more to this than was reported. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 9:36 am
That co-operative approach was preferred by the commission in its early years, said Lillian Hardwick, co-author of the Handbook of Texas Lawyer and Judicial Ethics. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 6:05 am
Most are dismissed, but 70 disciplinary actions were issued, with judges receiving punishments ranging from private sanctions to public reprimands. ...According to the commission's annual report, most of those disciplined by the commission are low-level jurists: 41 percent were justices of the peace in fiscal year 2009.That doesn't necessarily mean the commission is reluctant to sanction higher-level judges, said Cynthia Gray, director of the Center for Judicial… [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 10:29 am
And they all say there's actually not a shred of evidence that it was arson.The Texas Forensic Science Commission was going to hold hearings and examine the evidence when the Governor appointed a new chair of the Commission who has announced that the commission should only examine evidence in secret, that Commission members should destroy all their e-mails, and that only he should be allowed to speak with the press. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 11:52 am
[“See Tough Fight at Sharon Keller’s Ethics Hearing,†Texas Lawyer, Aug. 24, 2009, page 1.] [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 6:38 am
Examine implementation of the diversion pilot programs, juvenile case management system, and other policy and funding initiatives to determine whether the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission and the Texas Youth Commission have adhered to legislative directive in implementing these programs, and the impact of these programs on commitments at the Texas Youth Commission. [read post]
29 Nov 2009, 11:59 pm
Texas Lawyer is following the careers of five attorneys who graduated from Texas law schools in May 2008 and began diverse full-time careers in different parts of the state. [read post]
27 Nov 2009, 1:23 am
Texas Lawyer is following the careers of five attorneys who graduated from Texas law schools in May 2008 and began diverse full-time careers in different parts of the state. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 1:43 pm
First the ethics commission fined him, then they fined him again, then the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct ruled with a warning. [read post]
