In Re Daisy

ORDER OF CENSURE

In a letter dated 14 July 2004, the Judicial Standards Commission (Commission) notified Judge William L. Daisy (respondent) that it had ordered a preliminary investigation to determine whether formal proceedings under Commission Rule 9 should be instituted against him. The investigation involved allegations that respondent had sexually harassed a judicial assistant.

On 24 November 2004, Special Counsel for the Commission filed a complaint alleging in pertinent part:

3. The respondent engaged in [the] following inappropriate conduct:

a. The respondent hugged, touched and engaged…