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Off the top of my head, but I do remember a case in Texas where the son of the Judge was representing the Plaintiff. The judge refused to excuse himself from th
by mullen 9y ago
Off the top of my head, but I do remember a case in Texas where the son of the Judge was representing the Plaintiff. The judge refused to excuse himself from the case.
- rayiner 9y agoSource? I highly doubt that's true. There is a (now retired) judge whose son was a lawyer in EDTX. I'm not aware of any case where the judge refused to recuse himself from a case where his son represented one of the litigants.
- jen_h 9y agoMight be true? This doesn't specify whether they worked on the same cases, though. Also seeing articles on Vice & Ars Technica, but neither mention. http://thepriorart.typepad.com/the_prior_art/2008/03/judge-wards-son.html http://thepriorart.typepad.com/the_prior_art/2008/03/judge-w...
- rayiner 9y agoRight, there's a judge whose son is an attorney in the district, but no mention of him presiding over a case where his son is representing a litigant. That would be a serious ethical breach. A judge having a child who is a lawyer in the same district, on the other hand, is perfectly normal.
- stevenwoo 9y agoThe son of a federal judge in that district started a law firm that specializes in patent law. Even if his son does not represent clients in front of him, his son makes money, because the judges there did not allow summary judgement for a long time. That judge retired in 2011 but the other judges continued his decisions that make it easier for patent trolls to work. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/why-do-patent-trolls-go-texas-its-not-bbq https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/why-do-patent-trolls-g... http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/judicial/168087-stopping-the-patent-troll-scam http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/judicial/168087-stopp...