Former New Jersey Judge R. Dolph Corradino; ethical ogre

The state of New Jersey provided R. Dolph Corradino with a law license in 1988 after he graduated from Rutgers University School of Law.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct found Dolph guilty of the following misconduct.

• Failed to participate in establish, maintain, and enforcing high standards of conduct
• Failed to avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety
• Gave himself bonuses with state money specifically meant to offset court costs
• Demonstrated an inability to conform his conduct to the high standards of conduct expected of judges and impugned the integrity of the judiciary
• Usurped the authority of the assignment judge when he decided, without permission, that the funds should be disbursed mostly to himself and, for a few years, to the municipal prosecutor and other municipal court personnel
• Ordered to pay $12,000 to the state treasurer and $2,800 to the township
• Dolph’s assertions before ethics committee of multiple inconsistent defenses also serves to aggravate the ethical misconduct for which he was charged, as it bespeaks a fundamental lack of candor
• Further aggravating Dolph's ethical misconduct were his multiple attempts to redirect the blame for his noncompliance with established protocol for his receipt of money from the DWI Fund upon others, specifically, the Passaic Vicinage Municipal Division employees and the Little Falls municipal court employees

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Judicial Misfits sitting on the New Jersey Supreme Court punished Dolph by gifting him with a complimentary censure.

As we speak (ca. April 2021), Dolph practices his brand of law at 1 Lower Notch Road in Little Falls, New Jersey.