In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 1496

A complaint was filed with the Judicial Qualifications Commission charging respondent Judge Robert J. Noland with conduct violative of the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct.

The charges arose from respondent’s conduct in a hearing he conducted in a domestic relations action. In the Notice of Formal Proceedings served on respondent, the specific allegations of the complainant were refined to three issues: whether respondent’s language, comments and conduct during the hearing were intemperate, discourteous or injudicious; whether respondent failed and refused during the hearing to hear material…