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Bench Strength: From Judge to Judicial Misconduct Investigator and Prosecutor
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Robert Graci has devoted most of his legal career to public service, first with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, where he argued cases in all of Pennsylvania’s appellate courts and before the U.S. Supreme Court. Governor Mark Schweiker later appointed Bob to serve as an appellate judge on the Pennsylvania Superior Court
But then a new opportunity arose. Parlaying both his prosecutorial experience and his time on the bench, Bob served as Chief Counsel to the Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania, investigating and pursuing allegations of judicial ethics violations by state court judges.
Listen in as this Sticky Lawyer discusses his public service, the types of activities that can land judges in hot water, and his commitment to maintaining public confidence in the courts.
Chapters
1. Bench Strength: From Judge to Judicial Misconduct Investigator and Prosecutor (00:00:00)
2. First trial experiences and early career (00:01:14)
3. Transition to appellate work in the Attorney General’s office (00:04:38)
4. Arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court (00:06:13)
5. Becoming a judge (00:07:12)
6. Judicial campaigns and politics (00:09:53)
7. Joining the Judicial Conduct Board as Chief Counsel (00:11:36)
8. How judicial complaints are handled (00:15:21)
9. Judicial discipline and case examples (00:24:12)
10. Confidentiality and complaint handling (00:27:16)
11. U.S. Supreme Court code of conduct (00:38:23)
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