code of judicial conduct
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Colorado judicial disciplinary officials describe what changed, remained constant with 2024 amendment
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Top state officials for attorney and judicial discipline spoke on Wednesday about the ways in which a 2024 constitutional amendment changed the process for disciplining state judges, the factors that stayed constant and the question marks that remain around specific rules. In November, voters overwhelmingly enacted Amendment H, which lawmakers referred to the ballot after a…
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Colorado ethics panel: Judge cannot drive car advertising wife’s law firm, may ‘occasionally’ ride in it
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A judge whose wife works at a law firm may not drive a car that has the firm’s logo affixed to the side, nor may he park the vehicle in front of his home, the state’s judicial ethics panel advised last week. The judge may, however, ride as a passenger “occasionally,” the panel added. The…
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Transparency at the Colorado Supreme Court: Attorneys voice support for basic tweaks
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In the past year, some members of the U.S. Supreme Court have chosen to disclose their justifications for recusing themselves from specific appeals, for reasons including their prior employment or their connection to people involved with the case. Similarly, the Colorado Supreme Court’s weekly case announcements note when any of the seven justices has recused…
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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…
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? Forsyth: Colorado’s judge retention system is flawed
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Did you realize that you don’t know whether any of the judges on your ballot have been disciplined? Not even the judicial performance commissions that are responsible for making recommendations to you on how to vote on judges know whether the judges have been disciplined. Why? Because, unlike most other states, our state constitution requires…
