Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 09-518 re Colodny

We review the recommendation of the Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) that Judge Yvonne Colodny receive the sanction of a public reprimand and a fine of $5000 for misconduct during her 2008 campaign for circuit court judge in the Eleventh Circuit. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 12, Fla. Const. For the reasons that follow, we approve the recommended discipline.

I. BACKGROUND

The JQC filed charges against Judge Colodny, alleging that during her 2008 judicial campaign, Judge Colodny listed contributions to her campaign fund totaling $125,000 as loans made by her, when those funds were…