Judges and Judiciary,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Oct. 4, 2021
Lawyers want to know more about judge’s financial interests in cases
"It's not just the Sammartino needed to be recused, it's that she weirdly decided in Target's favor, the company whose stock she owned. We still don't know when she owned it, when recusal should have happened," said Stephen M. Lobbin, founding partner of SML Avvocati PC.
Plaintiffs' counsel in a major antitrust case over tuna price-fixing have requested more information about the finances of the federal judge who recused herself a month ago after handling the case for seven years.
The motion came one month after an attorney in another case before the same judge asked to "formally brief" his request to review some of her decisions because of potential financial conflicts.
The recu...
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