Inquiry Concerning Stanford

*CJP Supp. 5Opinion

McCONNELL, Chairperson.

I

INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY

This disciplinary matter concerns Judge Richard W. Stanford, Jr., a judge of the Orange County Superior Court since 1998, and a judge of the Orange County Municipal Court from 1985 to 1998. The Commission on Judicial *CJP Supp. 6Performance commenced this inquiry with the filing of its notice of formal proceedings (Notice) on April 7, 2011.

The Notice charges Judge Stanford with a pattern of diverting to his own court and acting on traffic tickets on behalf of his son-in-law, friends, and a juror over a seven-year period,…