After a lengthy career working for the Texas courts and legislature, Jennifer Lundy recently made an announcement on social media. “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as executive director at Texans for Judicial Accountability!” she wrote. The former court reporter, campaign manager, and recent
The Supreme Judicial Court has publicly reprimanded a Housing Court judge for violating the Code of Judicial Conduct and for engaging in judicial misconduct that brought his judicial office into disrepute. In an order released to the public on Feb. 10, the SJC found that Judge Joseph L. Michaud had engaged in conduct that was
JUDICIAL BAIL TRAINING: Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris (D, WFP - Queens) and State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D/WFP-Manhattan), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation to require all judges exercising criminal jurisdiction to undergo annual bail training (S.4397), and a bill to close a loophole allowing judges and justices to avoid investigation from the
A New York judge who was accused of making homophobic and racist remarks in court elected to step down Friday, agreeing to never seek a judicial office again.