It is always refreshing when our agencies inform the public of certain individuals that you might not want to consider hiring or not. Kudos to the ISB for coughing up this information!
You can request documentation from the ISB – Idaho State Bar, concerning any lawyer that has been reinstated and what those conditions are surrounding his reinstatement. Helen Myrick, President of Ethics In Idaho decided to do some sleuthing when she came up against one of those lawyers gone bad when he decided to write an unsavory letter to the editor in her hometown newspaper that warned people not to become involved with Ethics in Idaho, and then he went on to say he was going to sue her. Helen is not too worried. She just hopes he gets better and is making his doctor appointments. Robinson was just recently reinstated and was published in the Advocate Online this last month.
Helen also gives us some more enlightening information concerning bar complaints here.
Just in case he gets a job up here in this neck of the woods, I just thought some of you would like to know. Kudos to Helen for doing the leg work. Now, she is just trying to find out who his supervising attorney is. The information I have posted here is not necessarily disclosed by the attorney when you hire him, you have to know – just like you have to know that some professionals are married to judges and sit on the Idaho Supreme Court Committees, like Judge Benjamin Simpson’s wife from District I.
While you can get this public information about attorneys, it is not so easy to do with judges. The judiciary continues to wrap that veil of secrecy around their health related matters because they don’t want it “spread around.” That is why the Wellness Committee is going to contract out a special Judicial Hotline at our expense. Carlton is from out of state. Isn’t that arrangement cozy? Per Michael Henderson, Legal Counsel for the Idaho Supreme Court:
2/18/10 While the agreement with Richard Carlton has not been finalized, we have agreed to pay him $150/hour for consultations, counseling and presentations and $75/hour for travel. The wallet card you referred to states that he is available for consultation “for many problems and personal issues,” including stress, burnout, and emotional distress; alcohol or drug-related problems; marital and family relationships; gambling or eating disorders; isolation or bereavement; life transitions and aging; personal and family crises; work/life balance; mental or physical challenges; and career or retirement concerns.
Gee, now I feel really secure with these guys running the ship. We need more transparency when it comes to our judges and we deserve to know about all those judicial complaints that the public never sees, because the Idaho Judicial Council effectively keeps everything under the hood! In fact we need more information about the members of the Idaho Judicial Council. They really don’t want to tell us much, do they? By design? Probably. The information of the Idaho.gov site is limited and not up to date as well, but one of the best resources is the Advocate Online. It does inform the public of newly appointed judges.
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