colorado judicial discipline commission
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New rules for private judges in Colorado include discipline oversight, campaign contributions
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The Colorado Supreme Court recently determined the state’s private judges — retired jurists appointed to oversee civil cases that rarely get public scrutiny — can now make political contributions freely and without reserve, overruling a prohibition that had been in place for decades. The move comes a year after a Denver Gazette investigation into the…
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Critics decry ‘black hole’ of oversight for code violations by appointed judges
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Colorado’s method of investigating and disciplining judges for alleged violations of its code of conduct doesn’t apply to retired jurists specially appointed to handle individual cases. Similarly, the state’s investigative arm that looks into allegations of attorney misconduct also has no jurisdiction over issues involving private judges, as they are known, outside of the same…
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Colorado discipline commission accuses legal system’s discipline chief of illegal intimidation
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The enforcer who oversees Colorado’s legal profession – the Attorney Regulation Counsel – last month told a member of the state’s judicial discipline commission that his law license and that of others on the panel could be in jeopardy for having allegedly made false statements to legislators about its cooperation problems with that office. In a letter…