In Re Pfaff

In this order, we finalize a judicial disciplinary action brought by the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications ("the Commission") against Respondent, the Honorable L. Benjamin Pfaff. At all times relevant to these proceedings, Respondent was the Judge of Elkhart Superi- or Court No. 1. Article 7, Section 4 of the Indiana Constitution and Indiana Admission and Discipline Rule 25 give the Indiana Supreme Court original jurisdiction over this matter.

The Commission's Notice of the Institution of Formal Proceedings and Statement of Charges ("Charges") averred that Respondent, while in…