In Re Groneman

This is an original proceeding relating to judicial conduct against the respondent, George A. Groneman, District Judge of Wyandotte County, Kansas. In a formal proceeding before the Commission on Judicial Qualifications, the respondent was charged with violating the provisions of Canons 1 (2001 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 489); 2A and 2B (2001 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 489); and 3C(1), (2), and (4) (2001 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 491) of the Rules of the Supreme Court Relating to Judicial Conduct, as set out in Rule 601A of the Rules of the Kansas Supreme Court. The respondent stipulated to violations of the above…