Judicial Inquiry & Review Comm'n of Va. v. Pomrenke

OPINION BY CHIEF JUSTICE DONALD W. LEMONS

The Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission of Virginia (the "Commission") filed the present complaint against Kurt J. Pomrenke ("Judge Pomrenke"), pursuant to the original jurisdiction of this Court set forth in Article VI, Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia and Code § 17.1-902. The Commission asserted that its charges against Judge Pomrenke for allegedly violating the Canons of Judicial Conduct for the Commonwealth of Virginia (the "Canons"), as set out in Part 6, Section III of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia, are well founded in…