Disorder in the Court: An Attorney's Guide to Judicial Misconduct with Philip Bogdanoff, May 14, 2025 - CLE 2.5 Ethics

Ethics with Philip Bogdanoff:

Disorder in the Court: An Attorney's Guide to Judicial Misconduct

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - Webinar

The Rules of Professional Conduct indicates that an attorney who possesses unprivileged information that a judge has violated the Rules of Judicial Conduct shall inform the appropriate authority and that that it is professional misconduct for a lawyer to knowingly assist a judge in conduct that is a violation of applicable rules of judicial conduct. Therefore, it is incumbent for every attorney to be familiar with the rules of Judicial Conduct and the type of conduct that is to be expected from the Bench. In this interactive presentation attorneys will gain a working knowledge of the Rules of Judicial Conduct, and we will review recent ethical decisions where judges were disciplined for ethical misconduct. You will also learn about outlandish judicial misconduct that quite frankly; judges would rather keep secret. Further, attorneys will learn how to respond to judicial misconduct. Attendees have described this presentation as “educational, engaging, interactive, entertaining, lively, informative, humorous, useful and really well done.”

Attorneys will review and discuss:

- The duty to report judicial conduct rule 8.3, rules professional conduct

· Attorney cannot assist judge to violate Rules of Judicial Conduct, Rule 8.4

· What an attorney can do if the attorney observes judicial misconduct.

· Rule of Judicial Conduct 2.8, demeanor and decorum of a judge.

· Rule of Judicial Conduct 2.3 prohibiting bias and prejudice of a judge.

· Rule of Judicial Conduct 2.2, Impartiality and Fairness of a judge.

· The Disciplinary procedure to sanction a judge.

· Disciplinary cases against judges and their defenses.

· Disciplinary cases involving sexism and sexual misconduct by judges.

· Social media and judicial misconduct.