Identify Judge Misconduct Using the California Judicial Conduct Handbook: News You Can Use

CONSUMER PROTECTION NEWS YOU CAN USE: When the California Commission on Judicial Performance (CJP) investigates a judge accused of misconduct, this is one of the resources they use. 

If you believe you are a victim of judge misconduct, before you make a complaint to the CJP use the California Judicial Conduct Handbook to identify what the misconduct is called and the terminology used to describe it. This will significantly increase the odds that your CJP complaint will succeed.  

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Get to Know the California State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct: Rule 3.4 Fairness to Opposing Party and Counsel: News You Can Use

CONSUMER PROTECTION NEWS YOU CAN USE: Having trouble with an ethically-challenged attorney? The State Bar of California may be able to help. 

The bar updated the California Rules of Professional Conduct in 2018. Pro per litigants should know the rules and hold opposing attorneys - who often violate the rules - accountable. If an attorney violates the rules, tell the judge on the case, and the presiding judge of the superior court. 

Under the Code of Judicial Ethics, judges must take "appropriate corrective action" when they become aware of lawyer misconduct. This judicial duty is not optional, or "discretionary." It is mandatory.  

If the judge on the case, or the presiding judge fails or refuses to take appropriate corrective action, make a complaint against the judge to the state Commission on Judicial Performance. 

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Identifying and Understanding Judge Misconduct Using the California Judicial Conduct Handbook: News You Can Use

CONSUMER PROTECTION NEWS YOU CAN USE: If you are a victim of judge misconduct, consumer protection experts recommend you read the California Judicial Conduct Handbook before you make a complaint to the state Commission on Judicial Performance. 

 

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Sacramento County Judges, Lawyers and Court Employees with Antisocial Personality Disorder: News You Can Use

CONSUMER PROTECTION NEWS YOU CAN USE: Do Sacramento County judges, lawyers and court employees exhibit the clinical symptoms of antisocial personality disorder? Many family court litigants allege they do.

From: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition DSM-5, Cluster B Personality Disorders: Antisocial Personality Disorder. Individuals with this disorder are sometimes called psychopaths or sociopaths. File includes California Civil Jury Instruction 4001 "Mental Disorder" Explained, and Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy excerpts on Antisocial Personality Disorder and psychopaths, sociopaths distinguished.

 

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Law Library: Identifying Attorney Misconduct and Making a State Bar Complaint - Understanding Moral Turpitude

CONSUMER PROTECTION NEWS YOU CAN USE: Sacramento family court litigants report that many divorce and family law lawyers routinely commit misconduct. To make a State Bar complaint against a lawyer, you need to know the law and terminology to use. A critical attorney misconduct law to understand is Business and Professions Code § 6106. This 21-page primer about moral turpitude may help: 

 

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Family Law Attorney References Used by Sacramento Family Court News - Newsroom Law Library Tour

Family Law Reporting Sources,  References & Newsroom Law Library

Family law references used by Sacramento Family Court News are the same as those 
used by judges and family law attorneys, including California Practice Guide: Family Law.

Thank you for visiting Sacramento Family Court News, a news website featuring independent reporting about family court, judges, attorneys, pro pers, family law, divorce, child support, child custody and more. To learn more about us, please visit our About Page. This post describes the legal references we use in our reporting.

Family law is complex. Family court cases often involve conflicting he said/she said testimony, or "both sides do it" moral equivalency arguments. Sorting out the facts is a daunting challenge and one reason why most mainstream media avoid reporting on family court issues. 

But almost all family law and procedure is codified or otherwise established by court rules and decisional law, and not subject to reasonable dispute. The news, analysis, and opinion content at Sacramento Family Court News is in large part based on the family law and court procedure references used by judges and attorneys. 

When issuing orders, rulings, and decisions, superior court, Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court judges and justices often rely on and cite legal references published by The Rutter Group. For example, a search for the phrase "Rutter Group" in published and unpublished California decisional law returns 3,270 results. Click here to see the Google Scholar case law search results. 

The Rutter Group publishes Practice Guides for virtually every area of law. "The judges and attorneys who write the Practice Guides are among the best in the nation," according to Rutter. 


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