Witness Statements on Proposed Changes to Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges and Judicial Conduct and Disability Rules

The committees on Codes of Conduct and Judicial Conduct and Disability held a public hearing on the proposed changes to the Code and JC&D Rules on October 30, 2018. Review the witness list (pdf).

Below are the witness statements and supplemental statements.

• The Honorable Lawrence J. O’Neill, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California (pdf)
• Charles Gardner Geyh, John F. Kimberling Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law (pdf)
  • Supplemental Statement (pdf)
• Arthur D. Hellman, Professor of Law Emeritus, Distinguished Faculty Scholar, University of Pittsburgh School of Law (pdf)
  • Supplemental Statement (pdf)
• Renee Newman Knake, Joanne and Larry Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics & Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center (pdf)
  • Supplemental Statement (pdf)
• Carol A. Needham, Emanuel Myers Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law (pdf)
• Kendall Turner & Jaime Santos, Law Clerks for Workplace Accountability (pdf)
• Andy DeGuglielmo, Student, Yale Law School (pdf)
• Rita Gilles, Student, Yale Law School (pdf)
• Lisa Hansmann, Student, Yale Law School (pdf)
• Chandini Jha, Student, Yale Law School (pdf)
• Alyssa Peterson, Student, Yale Law School (pdf)
• Serena Walker, Student, Yale Law School (pdf)
• Megan Yan, Student, Yale Law School (pdf)
• Charles Fournier, JD, Type 1 Diabetes Defense Foundation (pdf)
• Jan B. Hamilton, Public Witness (pdf)
• Paul Horvitz, Public Witness (pdf)
• Cyrus Sanai, Public Witness (pdf)