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TomSlick

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3. The first step would be for the judge to make an ethics complaint to the appropriate disciplinary body.

Reply to Buddyzbuddy (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 08:11 PM

Mar 26

The ABA has no authority to disbar lawyers. The ABA is a voluntary organization to which lawyers are not required to belong. Each state has its own lawyer disciplinary body.

I would not expect any disciplinary body to act sua sponte - on its own motion. If a judge makes a complaint, the disciplinary body would investigate.

Making baseless motions that a judge recuse carry their own penalty - a pissed-off judge.

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