No Ethics Charges For Investigation Of Judge

The  Grand Rapids Press has a report that no disciplinary action will be brought against an attorney based on claims of misconduct relating to his investigation of a county district court judge:

More than a dozen prominent local lawyers, including formerpresidents of the Grand Rapids Bar Association, filed a grievanceseeking sanctions against Fischer in July 2008. The attorneys allegedFischer [the attorney] tried to extort Servaas’ [the judge’s] resignation.

The grievance commission evidently did not agree.

“That’s amazing,” Servaas said Tuesday from a vacation in Florida.“This is some political refusal of what (Fischer) did and not based onthe facts.”

Among the evidence presented to grievance investigators, also basedin Detroit, was the 17-minute recording made of Fischer confrontingServaas in his former chambers in Rockford, where the judge waspresented with a resignation letter to sign.

The Press report notes that the judge was reprimanded. (Mike Frisch)