Tag: Judicial code of conduct

By David Migoya | Denver Gazette Colorado’s method of investigating and disciplining judges for alleged violations of its code of conduct doesn’t apply to retired jurists specially appointed to handle individual cases. Similarly, the state’s investigative arm that looks into allegations of attorney misconduct also has no jurisdiction over issues involving private judges, as they are known, outside of the same code of professional conduct lawyers must follow, both discipline authorities have told The Denver Gazette. That means, for the moment, any alleged misconduct by a judge appointed by Colorado’s chief justice to take on a case — The Denver Gazette recently published an investigation, in which it identified at least a half dozen private judges who have made polit...