Inquiry into the Conduct of Galler

OPINION

The Board on Judicial Standards has appealed a hearing panel’s dismissal of a formal complaint against the Honorable Gregory G. Galler, a district court judge in the Tenth Judicial District. The Board charged Judge Galler with creating an appearance of impropriety during an omnibus hearing in a DWI case. The Board asserts, among other claims, that Judge Galler ordered a criminal defense attorney to write a letter of apology for allegedly impugning the integrity of a police officer during the attorney’s oral argument at the omnibus hearing. Following an evidentia-ry hearing, the Panel…