Rochester City Court Judge Maija C. Dixon has been censured by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Dixon, who is seeking re-election in November, improperly contacted the judge in a civil case in which she was the plaintiff ...

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The number of complaints filed with the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct reached 1,959 last year, the most since 2010. But staff and funding are not keeping pace with the workload, according to the Commission’s 2015 annual report, ...

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The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that Andrew P. Fleming, a justice of the Hamburg Village Court, Erie County, should be admonished. In a determination dated Sept. 30 and made public Tuesday, the commission found that ...

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The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that Glen R. George, a justice of the Middletown Town Court, Delaware County, should be removed from office. In a determination dated May 1 and made public Thursday, the commission ...

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Court of Claims Judge David A. Weinstein has been appointed to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. Judge Weinstein fills the vacancy created by the resignation yesterday of Presiding Justice Karen K. Peters ...

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ALBANY — The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has concluded that a child sex incident that predated his 27 years as an Onondaga County Family Court judge constitutes misconduct that disqualifies Bryan R. Hedges from ever again being ...

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The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that Diane L. Schilling, a justice of the East Greenbush Town Court, Rensselaer County, should be removed. She was found to be improperly intervening in the disposition of a speeding ...

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The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has released its 2012 annual report, covering its activities in 2011. The commission processed 1,818 complaints in 2011, fewer than the record number 2,205 processed the year before, but still the fourth ...

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The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that Lafayette D. Young Jr., a justice of the Macomb Town Court, St. Lawrence County, should be removed from office. The reasons are for presiding over eight cases involving his girlfriend’s relatives ...

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The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that David A. Shults, a judge of the Hornell City Court in Steuben County, should be admonished for presiding over cases involving an attorney who was a client of the judge’s law firm.

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Court of Claims Judge Terry Jane Ruderman is the new vice chair of the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Judge Ruderman was elected May 19 to fill out the remaining term of former Commissioner Stephen R. Coffey ...

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Attorney Richard A. Stoloff of Sullivan County has been appointed by Dean Skelos, president pro tem of the state Senate, to a four-year term on the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

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