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From Judge to Defendant: Notorious Crimes & Abuses of Power

Examining the Ethical Missteps of Wachtler, Nixon, and Claiborne

Created byNew Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
IntermediateUpdated Mar 31, 2025
From Judge to Defendant: Notorious Crimes & Abuses of Power

What You'll Learn

check_circleExplore high-profile legal ethics violations by judges: Learn how notable judges violated legal and ethical standards.
check_circleAnalyze the consequences of ethical misconduct: Understand the legal repercussions and professional consequences faced by judges like Sol Wachtler and Walter Nixon.
check_circleReview the canons of judicial ethics: Examine the ethical rules that apply to judges and how these judges' actions conflicted with those standards.
check_circleEngage with interactive learning tools: Use the ethical violation scorecard to track and understand the infractions committed by these former judges.
check_circleReflect on the importance of maintaining judicial integrity: Understand the significance of upholding professional ethics in the judiciary.

About This Course

In most cases, judges represent the best and brightest of the legal profession.  Yet, there are a few who experienced spectacular falls from grace. 

In this entertaining program, Andrew Struve chronicles the rise and fall of several infamous judges – ranging from Sol Watchler to Walter Nixon to Harry Claiborne – and discusses how their conduct ran afoul of the law and the ethics rules. 

The program materials include an ethical violation scorecard so can play along as we catalog the ethics violations committed by this rogues gallery of former judges.

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
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Andrew Struve
Andrew Struve

Shareholder, Buchalter P.C

Andrew is a member of the Health Care and Litigation practice groups at Buchalter’s Orange County office. Andrew focuses his practice on complex healthcare litigation and unfair competition actions as well as regulatory compliance matters. He has particular expertise in provider and plan representation, private equity, insurance, and the defense of consumer suits. An experienced litigator in the healthcare field, Andrew has litigated both provider and health plan disputes, class and other representative actions, federal and state qui tam litigation, antitrust suits, RICO actions, managed care contracting suits, earnout disputes, partnership actions, bad faith claims, and payment disputes. He has also conducted numerous sensitive internal investigations and compliance audits, as well as responses to governmental and commercial billing/coding challenges. In addition to leading litigation teams in healthcare disputes in federal and state courts across the United States, Andrew serves as national governance, regulatory, and compliance counsel for a number of companies and many healthcare clients. He is an Elected Member of the American Law Institute and is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating it confers.

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