The State Bar of Nevada has declined to discipline a former prosecutor who had a relationship with embattled Family Court Judge Steven Jones while appearing before him.The relationship between former Deputy District Attorney Lisa Willardson and Jones led to a Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline complaint last month against the judge, who also is facing a federal indictment in what authorities allege was an unrelated $3 million investment fraud scheme.
Bar Counsel David Clark said that his organization, which regulates lawyers, told Willardson that it won't sanction her over her relationship with Jones, which began in late 2011.
Clark said he reviewed videotapes of the judge's courtroom and found that Willardson appeared before Jones only during the relationship in uncontested matters that did not harm the integrity of the legal system.
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Lawyer Who Had Relationship With Judge Won't Face Discipline
Doesn't it say somewhere that there should not even be an "appearance of impropriety"?
ReplyDeleteRight on, Thelma. They both should have been disciplined.
ReplyDeleteAnd this is yet another reason why the judicial discipline program is a joke.