Judge Michael Haley of Traverse City, MI; ethical misfit

The state of Michigan presented Michael J. Haley with a law license in 1974 after he graduated from Loyola University Law School in Chicago.

The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission found Mike guilty of the following misconduct.

• Failed maintain high standards of conduct
• Engaged in irresponsible or improper conduct that eroded public confidence in judiciary
• Misconduct involved impropriety and appearance of impropriety
• Improperly acceptance of gift from donor whose interests have come or likely to come before him
• Engaged in conduct contrary to justice, ethics, honesty or good morals
• Accepted 2 tickets to Univ. of Michigan football game in exchange for lenient sentence

As a consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Judicial Misfits sitting on the Michigan Supreme Court punished Mike by gifting him with a complimentary censure.

As we speak (ca. October 2014), Mike remains sitting as a District Court Judge in Traverse City, Michigan.