Former Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas was disbarred in Florida, another chapter in a saga that already cost him his judgeship and his Alabama law license after sensational allegations.
Tag: judicial ethics
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Ethics Trial of Suspended Judge Herman Thomas Pushed Back as Prosecutors Step Aside
Attorneys for the Alabama attorney general withdrew from the Judicial Inquiry Commission’s case against suspended Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas, prompting a request to delay his ethics trial.
Local News
Seventeen Months After Herman Thomas Left the Bench, Mobile’s Courts Still Wait for Answers
Seventeen months after Herman Thomas resigned from the Mobile County circuit bench and halted his own misconduct trial, the allegations against him remained unresolved and the questions kept resurfacing.
Clarke County
A Wanted-Style Poster of a Sitting Judge Greeted Visitors at the Mobile County Courthouse
Security officers at the Mobile County Courthouse were told to alert supervisors and search suspended Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose for weapons if he appeared, as a 60-count ethics complaint against him remained unresolved.
Clarke County
Suspended Judge Ordered From His Home as Wife Files for Divorce
A judge ordered suspended Clarke County Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose to vacate his Jackson home and barred him from threatening his wife, their daughters or her attorney, then sealed the file and stepped aside.
Clarke County
‘Diminished Capacity’: Suspended Judge’s Answer to 60 Charges Took an Unusual Turn
Facing a 113-page ethics complaint, Clarke County Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose denied every count and argued that his mental and physical condition had impaired his ability to make rational decisions.
Clarke County
Suspended Judge’s Bid to Halt Ethics Case Rejected in a Single Handwritten Word
Clarke County Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose asked the Court of the Judiciary to pause proceedings while investigators kept working. The chief judge scrawled ‘Denied’ across the motion and signed it.
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Nine Judges Were Pressed Into Service to Cover a Suspended Judge’s Docket
With Clarke County Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose suspended and facing a 60-charge ethics complaint, judges from Washington, Choctaw, Monroe and Marengo counties were assigned to keep his courtrooms running.
Local News
Former Prosecutor Michel Nicrosi Joins Herman Thomas’s Legal Team
Mobile attorney Michel Nicrosi, who won an acquittal in the Siegelman corruption trial, joined the defense of former Judge Herman Thomas as the district attorney pressed a criminal investigation.
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Judicial Panel Begins Search for Successor After Herman Thomas Resigns
With Judge Herman Thomas gone from the bench, a selection committee chaired by Presiding Judge Charlie Graddick prepared to screen candidates for a Mobile County circuit judgeship, and the list was long.