Once again, the Bar Association proves horribly predictable. Instead of distancing themselves from judges with horrific judgment, they rally around him and praise his career. This network consistently ignores judicial errors, malfeasance, or essentially encourages bad behavior from judges through this sort of complicit approval. Yellowstone Area Bar Association President Jessica Fehr said … [Read more...]

Two judges had sex with women in their chambers, one with his former law students, the other with his court clerk. A traffic court judge delegated his job to his clerk. While the judge was in chambers, the clerk heard pleas and imposed sentences. A family law court judge excoriated two parents who appeared before him as "rotten" and the mother a "train wreck" and a "liar." [Read Full … [Read more...]

TALLAHASSEE — Barely three months after 5-year-old Phoebe Jonchuck’s father dropped her 60 feet from a bridge into Tampa Bay, lawmakers could soon vote on new legislation aimed at preventing deaths like hers.  What will be considered on the House floor is not a major reform, however, but a fine-tuning of a bill passed last year, also intended to prevent child deaths.  Lawmakers … [Read more...]

The Third District Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments Friday in an appeal filed more than two years ago of a jury verdict involving former Family Court mediator Emily Gallup. In October 2012, a Sacramento County jury found in Gallup's favor all aspects of a whistle-blowing lawsuit, awarding her $313,206 in damages. Gallup is represented by M. Catherine Jones and George Allen. The … [Read more...]

Family violence has finally come to attention as a systemic wrong in need of a national plan. A federal Senate Inquiry is examining it in detail and Victoria has appointed a dedicated minister for its prevention and a Royal Commission. The Queensland Special Taskforce has just handed down its comprehensive report, and a family violence prevention advocate, the incredible Rosie Batty, has been … [Read more...]