Impatience And Imprudence: Gonna Get Along Without You Now

The New York Committee on Judicial Conduct accepted the resignation of a town court justice who was alleged to have done the following

Judge Daniels was apprised by the Commission in August 2015 that it was investigating a complaint filed by its Administrator pursuant to Section 44(2) of the Judiciary Law, alleging that in various traffic cases and eviction proceedings, Judge Daniels exhibited impatience and intemperance toward participants, made comments suggesting that he had prejudged the cases, failed to make proper audio recordings of court proceedings as required, engaged in unauthorized ex parte communications and, in one case involving his former attorney, presided without disclosing the relationship to the parties.

As my friend and former colleague Ross T. Dicker has noted, these town court justices are not required to be attorneys.

Ross also likes a good oldie. Here’s one that inspires this title. (Mike Frisch)