judiciary scandal
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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…
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Colorado appeals court judges should not sit in judgment of Supreme Court justices: Discipline panel
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Allowing judges from the Colorado Court of Appeals to stand in judgment over a Supreme Court justice accused of misconduct would be fraught with the appearance of impropriety and potential conflicts of interest. So says the state Commission on Judicial Discipline in a letter to a panel of legislators scheduled to take up a trio…
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Disciplinary information rarely considered in decisions on judge retention
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Colorado’s system of judicial discipline is so secret that the state’s nearly two dozen performance review commissions that evaluate judges have rarely known for sure whether a jurist they recommended voters keep on the bench had a record of misconduct or not. That shortfall is a critical flaw in the state’s judicial retention process that…
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Contract memo whistleblower expected to appear before Colorado legislative committee on judicial discipline
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Chris Ryan, the former state court administrator for the Colorado Judicial Department who alleged that a tell-all sex discrimination lawsuit by a former employee was silenced by a multi-million-dollar contract – an assertion since refuted by investigators hired by the department – is expected to testify before a legislative committee exploring changes to how judges…
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Investigators of Judicial Department misconduct to appear before legislative committee
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The two main investigators behind a recent report that said no contract-for-silence deal existed in the Colorado Judicial Department are expected to testify Tuesday before a legislative committee on judicial discipline. Former U.S. Attorney in Colorado Robert Troyer and former Denver Independent Monitor Nicholas Mitchell are scheduled to appear before the special committee to discuss…
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Polis signs bill creating legislative committee to study judicial discipline
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The leaders of both houses of Colorado’s Legislature have two weeks to appoint the eight members of a bipartisan committee to study whether the state’s method of investigating and disciplining judges needs an overhaul. With Gov. Jared Polis’ signature to Senate Bill 22-201 on Friday, the next step is to assemble the four senators and…
