Judge Mary C. Reese filed exceptions to the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities' findings that she committed sanctionable conduct in a 2015 case.

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ANNAPOLIS – A Baltimore judge’s public reprimand for judicial misconduct must be overturned because her right to due process was violated by a disciplinary body that essentially convicted her without adequate notice and a timely chance to respond, the jurist’s ...

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The Court of Appeals has formally dismissed the pending disciplinary case against retired Baltimore City Circuit Judge Alfred Nance in light of his decision to step down from the bench Dec. 1. Nance was recommended for removal from office by ...

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ANNAPOLIS – A Howard County District Court judge Thursday defended her choice of words in two domestic violence cases for which she was later charged with violations of the Maryland Code of Judicial Conduct. Judge Mary C. Reese, who was ...

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A Maryland judge has not been removed from office as a disciplinary measure in more than 30 years, but that could change if the Court of Appeals follows the state judicial discipline panel’s recommendation about a Baltimore judge. The Maryland ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Baltimore city judge accused of a “disrespectful and unprofessional demeanor” on the bench was behaving as an “old school,” veteran judge, his lawyer said a hearing Thursday. Circuit Judge Alfred Nance faces nine counts of misconduct at a multi-day ...

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A Baltimore city judge agreed to extend her probation with the state’s Commission on Judicial Disabilities to resolve charges that she engaged in unprofessional behavior on the bench shortly after serving a suspension for similar issues. Baltimore City Circuit Judge ...

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An attorney for a publicly reprimanded Baltimore judge excoriated the judiciary oversight panel that sanctioned the jurist, telling Maryland’s top court Friday that she was the victim of a “haphazard, capricious and arbitrary” process that resembled “a kangaroo court.”

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A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge who was disciplined in 2014 for “sarcastic, demeaning and mocking” behavior is facing similar allegations again for her conduct in the courtroom. Judge Lynn Stewart Mays, who has been on the bench since 2002, ...

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