In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 154, Hair

The Judicial Standards Commission (Commission) notified Judge John S. Hair, Jr., on 7 August 1991 that it had ordered a preliminary investigation to make inquiry concerning alleged misconduct of the respondent. The subject matter of the investigation included allegations that during the course of his divorce proceedings, the respondent had ex parte contact with a judge in which he questioned the fairness of the judge’s decision and attempted to exert pressure on him, resulting in his withdrawal from respondent’s case; threatened members of the staff of the district attorney’s office, his…