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Judges and Judiciary,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Aug. 6, 2019

Female attorneys, clerks testify appellate court justice made crude remarks

A panel of special masters heard testimony Monday from several women who said they were sexually harassed by Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson of the 2nd District Court of Appeal as a Commission on Judicial Performance hearing got underway that will decide whether the jurist should be removed from the bench.

Female attorneys, clerks testify appellate court justice made crude remarks

LOS ANGELES -- A panel of special masters heard testimony Monday from several women who said they were sexually harassed by Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson of the 2nd District Court of Appeal as a Commission on Judicial Performance hearing got underway that will decide whether the jurist should be removed from the bench.

Johnson, 58, has been accused by 17 women of sexual ...

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