The Lawyer: Employment judge first to fall foul of new misconduct rules An employment judge has become the first to be
publicly censured under new rules that will see all judges and magistrates who are disciplined for misconduct have their cases publicised by the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC).
Kindlon was recently
publicly censured by a New York state appeals court in an order titled In the Matter of Terence L. Kindlon (PDF), dated September 27, 2012, D -43-12.
It's gotten easier to find out if an attorney practicing in New York has been
publicly censured or suspended.
To take an obvious example, why isn't Senator Ted Kennedy
publicly censured by the Church or declared excommunicate?
As public positions like these, which are viewed by various groups in society as discriminatory or hateful, are potentially not only contrary to the Statement of Principles that lawyers will be required to adopt, but also a breach of their existing obligations under the Rules of Professional Conduct, the Law Society should immediately take steps to investigate and, if necessary,
publicly censure the lawyers cited above for their failure to advance the administration of justice by joining other MPs of good will in voting to condemn the hateful acts of certain members of the public.
Not exact matches
If I was Wenger I'd come out in the open and
publicly condemn him, you can't have any employee, in any business treating their employer or colleagues in such a contemptuous way without
censure.
But Botel's decision to
publicly double - down sent a powerful enough mixed signal to provoke Alexander's high profile
censure.