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"Complaint still hangs over judge"

"Complaint still hangs over judge": Today's edition of The Rocky Mountain News contains an article that begins, "A piece of U.S. District Court Judge Edward Nottingham's legal troubles is still unresolved before a state ethics panel, despite his resignation from the bench. Nottingham stepped down Tuesday amid allegations of judicial misconduct involving a prostitute. The allegations were being investigated by the 10th Circuit Court Judicial Council. A Minnesota man who has tangled with Nottingham in a federal court case filed the same charges last April with the state's Attorney Regulation Council, which investigates ethical complaints against lawyers. A negative ruling by that panel could be a roadblock if Nottingham decides to resume practicing law in Colorado. Sean Harrington said he made the complaint because the state panel is supposed to protect the public from bad lawyers." Harrington. who is not an attorney, has closely monitored the events leading to Judge Nottingham's resignation at Harrington's web site, KnowYourCourts.com.

And The Denver Post today contains an editorial entitled "Wise decision to leave bench: Despite his sharp legal mind and work ethic, Judge Edward W. Nottingham's reputation and integrity have suffered too much."

Full post as published by How Appealing on October 23, 2008 (boomark / email).