Judge Raymond Kennedy of Durham, NY; ethical gremlin

The New York Commission on Judicial Conduct found Ray guilty of engaging in the following misconduct, all of which took place while she was a Justice of the Durham Town Court in Greene County.

• In a case involving Ray’s wife, he lent the prestige of his judicial office to advance his and his wife's private pecuniary interests
• Ray appeared in court and, although he is not a lawyer, acted as his wife's advocate and repeatedly asserted
• his judicial office during the proceeding
• During a hearing on his wife’s case as a defendant wherein the plaintiff was seeking return of $3,000.00 paid for renting a property owned by Ray and his wife, and even though Ray was not a party to the proceeding and not a lawyer, he appeared with his wife, spoke in her defense, and cross-examined the Plaintiff
• After cross-examining the plaintiff, Ray continued to advocate for his wife by presenting her case and offering what he described as his own "testimony" about his wife's interactions with the Plaintiffs notwithstanding that he was neither present for nor a witness to those interactions

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Judicial Misfits sitting on the Judicial Commission punished Ray by gifting him with a complimentary censure.

As we speak (ca. September 2022), Ray continues to practice his so-called brand of jurisprudence as Justice of the Durham Town Court in Greene County, New York.