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Afternoon update

The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that an agreement has been reached between the Judicial Discipline Commission and Judge Lee Gates. Under the proposed settlement, Judges Gates is to acknowledge that he made improper donations to JP Karen Bennett-Haron and Justice Michael Douglas; he is to attend at his own expense a course on ethics; and he is to issue a public apology. The ABA Journal has picked up the story of Personal Injury Lawyer Glen Lerner's "sabbatical" and his failure to show up for his client's murder trial. (The ABA does not address the issue of why a personal injury attorney believes that he is qualified to handle a murder trial - another article for another day, I suppose). The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that the Nevada Supreme Court has denied Judge Halverson's motion for a stay of judicial discipline proceedings...continue to full post

Full post as published by Harmful Error on January 28, 2008 (boomark / email).