Counsels agree on punishment for probate judge
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Probate judge awaits panel’s decision
By Scott Halasz - shalasz@aimmediamidwest.com
XENIA Saying he didn’t handle the situation well and using words like “inappropriate” and “mistake,” a Greene County Common Please Court judge answered allegations of misconduct during a Zoom hearing Tuesday.
Probate Court Judge Thomas O’Diam was accused of speaking harshly to someone in his courtroom who had previously told Greene County commissioners that the judge should “should recuse himself from cases in which ‘family members’ represent parties.”
A complaint saying O’Diam violated rule 2.8(B) of the code, which states that “A judge shall be patient, dignified, and courteous to litigants, jurors, witnesses, lawyers, court staff, court officials, and others with whom the judge deals in an official capacity, and shall require similar conduct of lawyers, court staff, court officials, and others subject to the judge’s direction and control” was filed March 29 with
Hearing date set for probate judge
By Scott Halasz - shalasz@aimmediamidwest.com
XENIA A hearing date has been set for the Greene County Common Pleas Court judge accused of misconduct in his court room.
Probate Court Judge Thomas O’Diam will have a formal hearing in front of a three-member panel of the Board of Professional Conduct at 10 a.m. June 29 via video conference. The hearing is in response to a complaint made against O’Diam filed March 29.
The complaint with the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct of the Supreme Court, alleges that the judge violated rule 2.8(B) of the code, which states that “A judge shall be patient, dignified, and courteous to litigants, jurors, witnesses, lawyers, court staff, court officials, and others with whom the judge deals in an official capacity, and shall require similar conduct of lawyers, court staff, court officials, and others subject to the judge’s direction and control.”
Hearing date set for probate judge
By Scott Halasz - shalasz@aimmediamidwest.com
XENIA A hearing date has been set for the Greene County Common Pleas Court judge accused of misconduct in his court room.
Probate Court Judge Thomas O’Diam will have a formal hearing in front of a three-member panel of the Board of Professional Conduct at 10 a.m. June 29 via video conference. The hearing is in response to a complaint made against O’Diam filed March 29.
The complaint with the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct of the Supreme Court, alleges that the judge violated rule 2.8(B) of the code, which states that “A judge shall be patient, dignified, and courteous to litigants, jurors, witnesses, lawyers, court staff, court officials, and others with whom the judge deals in an official capacity, and shall require similar conduct of lawyers, court staff, court officials, and others subject to the judge’s direction and control.”
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