Judges and Judiciary,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Oct. 16, 2020
Alameda County judge is admonished over discourtesy and mishandling witness
In two cases Judge Frank Roesch “displayed a lack of the dispassionate neutrality and the courtesy to others that is expected of judges,” the Commission on Judicial Performance wrote.
Alameda County Judge Frank Roesch was admonished Thursday by the Commission on Judicial Performance, which concluded he mishandled a witness' assertion of her Fifth Amendment rights and treated lawyers and witnesses discourteously.
A state appellate court reversed Roesch's rulings in two cases the commission mentioned. In one instance a $55 million jury verdict in an insu...
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