Commission recommends removal of Wayne Co. judge
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission has recommended the removal of Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade McCree.
The commission oversees the conduct of state judges.
It said in a report Monday that McCree's behavior was gross misconduct that brought embarrassment and shame to the judiciary.
The state Supreme Court will have the final say on what happens to McCree, who is accused of having an affair with a witness in a case he was hearing and repeatedly lying under oath.
McCree’s lawyer, Brian Einhorn, says he hopes the Supreme Court will take a fresh look at his client’s case “and decide he doesn’t deserve” removal. McCree currently is suspended without pay.
If he wins re-election in 2014, the commission says he should be suspended for six years beginning Jan. 1, 2015.
Detroit bankruptcy judge, Steve Rhodes, will be witness in trial
DETROIT (AP) — A judge overseeing Detroit’s bankruptcy case will get a view of justice from the other side of the bench.
Judge Steven Rhodes is listed as a witness in a trial involving a man who prepared paperwork for people filing bankruptcy petitions. Derrick Hills of Inkster is charged with contempt of court. He’s accused of violating orders to stop preparing petitions unless under the eye of an attorney.
Hills, who’s not a lawyer, says he hasn’t been acting illegally. He claims bankruptcy attorneys who are losing business are trying to gang up on him with the help of judges.
Bankruptcy preparation can be legitimate work for non-lawyers but there are restrictions. The contempt trial in front of federal Judge Sean Cox could last all week.
Detroit employment law firm announces partner departure
Labor and employment attorney Patricia Nemeth, who founded the law offices of Patricia Nemeth in 1992 and then changed the firm name to Nemeth Burwell in 1998 when Linda G. Burwell, who joined Nemeth full time in 1996, was made partner, announced Tuesday that Burwell is resigning from the firm to pursue other interests.
Detroit-based Nemeth Burwell specializes in employment litigation, traditional labor law and management consultation for private and public sector employers.
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