url=’http://legalbearsblog.com/2010/08/when-must-a-trial-judge-disqualify-himself/’; Image via Wikipedia This is some authority I compiled for one of my cases on whether a judge must recuse himself (disqualify himself from hearing a case) as soon as he learns he has an interest in the case even though no motion asking him to recuse himself has been filed. What I learned [...]

url=’http://legalbearsblog.com/2009/05/is-a-judge-a-fiduciary-the-facts-2/’; When I realized the judge had just used his official position to benefit himself I put together a motion for substitution of judge based on breach of fiduciary duty principles. Here are some more of the facts I incorporated into that motion: 17. That this Court’s failure to follow Code of Judicial Conduct Canon [...]