WHO JUDGES THE JUDGES WHEN COMPLAINTS ARISE
On behalf of Grand Rapids Litigation Attorneys Blog posted in Legal News on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Following up on Attorney Scott Millard's December 2 court conflict that resulted in him being held in contempt for asserting his client's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, last week the ACLU joined the fray. Miriam Aukerman, ALCU Michigan staff attorney said as reason for joining the appeal of the contempt charge, "Our justice system is based on the ability of attorneys to represent their clients vigorously and effectively."
Millard's firm, Miel & Carr, is also filing a complaint with the Michigan Judicial Tenure commission against Hudsonville District Court Judge Post. It took almost two years for the last case involving Judge Steven Servaas made it through the system, which involves investigations and various sets of hearings.
That case ended up in the Michigan Supreme Court, but a divided court issued a censure for his actions. The last local judge to be banned from the bench was Wyoming Probate Judge Charles Probert, who died in 1993
