Judicial Conduct Commission v. Hoffman

[¶ 1] This is a disciplinary proceeding against Randall L. Hoffman, former district court judge. We conclude Hoffman violated the North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct. We impose a disciplinary suspension and a condition for reinstatement.

[¶ 2] Randall and Wanda Hoffman married in 1975. They had two children. Randall was elected a district judge in 1994. When Randall and Wanda Hoffman were divorced in 1996, the Honorable Kirk Smith presided over the proceedings. The divorce judgment entered on November 22, 1996, decreed a divorce, awarded Wanda Hoffman the family home, divided the parties’…