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Another Broward Judge to be reprimanded, suspended for misconduct
Broward County Judge Mardi Levey Cohen is set to receive a public reprimand from the Florida Supreme Court in early June as a result of a judicial misconduct investigation. The reprimand, scheduled for June 3, follows findings that Cohen acted inappropriately during her 2022 reelection campaign. In addition to the public rebuke, she will also…
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Broward judge faces ethics charges over AI recording she promoted
Florida’s judicial ethics commission has brought formal misconduct charges against a recently elected Broward County judge who spotlighted a controversial book and circulated a deepfake audio clip during her 2024 campaign. Lauren Peffer, who assumed her role as a County Court judge in January following her August 2024 election victory, ran on a platform centered…
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Broward judge faces discipline over political contributions
A circuit judge in Broward County, who is already under consideration for a possible reprimand by the Florida Supreme Court, may also face disciplinary action for making political donations, according to filings submitted Friday by the state’s Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC). Earlier this year, in January, the JQC advised the Supreme Court to issue a…
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Broward Circuit reassigns Gary Farmer for making lewd comments from the bench
Farmer, in one day, told a defendant that he should wear condoms. He also recited a gay wordplay taken from an old comic sketch, but stopped short of dropping an f bomb. Broward Circuit judge Gary Farmer spoke too freely from the bench recently. He was reassigned this week to the civil court from the…