Wilenchik & Bartness PC

AZ Supreme Court accepts unprecedented Amicus Brief relating to judicial conduct.

Wilenchik and Bartness has had the pleasure of assisting the Maricopa County Justice Courts on a variety of issues, including helping them create professional standards to clarify and illuminate the Code of Judicial Conduct for the Justice Court Bench. At the same time that the Bench as a whole was undertaking this monumental effort, the Commission on Judicial Conduct and the Arizona Supreme Court began investigating the actions of a single Maricopa County Justice of the Peace. After the Commission made its recommendation to the Court, the Bench as a whole felt the need to present the Supreme Court with the direction in which the Justice Court Bench was trying to move, including the professional standards that it was creating. As such, the Bench requested that Wilenchik and Bartness assist them in writing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on the topic of the Commission's recommendation of discipline. This unprecedented brief was accepted by the Supreme Court and, in the following opinion, the Supreme Court ultimately remanded the case back to the Commission on Judicial Conduct with instructions to change the manner in which they analyzed the case. The Supreme Court's opinion can be found at http://www.supreme.state.az.us/opin/pdf2007/JC060002.pdf

No Comments

Leave a comment
Comment Information

Awards & Recognition

National Board Legal Specialty Certification Best Of Our Valley Arizon's Finest Lawyers Top Rated Lawyers AV Peer Review Rated Law firm of the month attorney of the month
Email Us For A Response

Contact The Firm

Tell us about your case.

Bold labels are required.

Contact Information
disclaimer.

The use of the Internet or this form for communication with the firm or any individual member of the firm does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Confidential or time-sensitive information should not be sent through this form.

close

Privacy Policy

2810 North Third Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004

Phone: 602-606-2810
Fax: 602-606-2811
Phoenix Law Office Map