Former Judge Joseph Mendelsohn of Charleston, SC; ticket fixer, repeat offender

The state of South Carolina presented Joseph Sidney Mendelsohn with a law license in 1992 after he graduated from Georgetown University School of Law.

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel found Joey guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

Joey’s 1^st bite at the Judicial Misfit Apple Tree

• Arrested after traffic stop on way home from a wedding
• Police officer noticed Joey swerving and braking for no apparent reason
• An open bottle of whiskey was found in his back seat
• Joey refused to take an alcohol breath test and was immediately arrested
• Found guilty of driving under the influence (DUI)

As a direct consequence of his conduct, the enablers for Judicial Misfits sitting on the South Carolina Supreme Court punished Joey by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

Joey’s 2^nd bite at the Judicial Misfit Apple Tree

• Fixed a traffic ticket for a friend
• Fixed another traffic ticket for his brother-in-law
• At least twice interfered with magistrate court’s normal process for adjudicating traffic tickets

As a direct consequence of his conduct, the enablers for Judicial Misfits sitting on the South Carolina Supreme Court punished Joey by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

As we speak (ca. July 2021), Joey practices his brand of law at 1 Bishop Gadsden Way in Charleston, South Carolina.