Name: National College on Judicial Conduct & Ethics
Start: 2025-10-15T16:00:00
End: 2025-10-17T16:00:00

Judicial conduct commission attorneys, staff, investigators, and commissioners are invited to join us for information and networking on codes of judicial conduct, ethics advisory opinion, best practices in judicial misconduct investigations, and other subjects germane to professionals who work or teach in the judicial ethics field.

Location: The Galt House Hotel, Louisville, Ky.
Registration cost: $500
Hotel rate: $170/night plus 17% hotel tax

Online registration has closed. On-site registration will be available.

For more information, contact Catherine Zacharias, deputy director, Center for Judicial Ethics.

Agenda (as of August 8, 2025)

- 2-6 p.m.: Registration
- 4:30-6 p.m.: Welcome Reception
- 7:30 a.m.- 5 p.m.: Registration
- 8:25-8:30 a.m.: Welcome and Center for Judicial Ethics update, Beth Clement, President, NCSC
- 8:30-10 a.m.: Plenary Session - Balancing Judicial Independence with Judicial Accountability
  Panelists: Robert Tembeckjian, Administrator and Counsel, New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Dean Morris Ratner, UCSF School of Law, and Hon. Teri L. Jackson, California Court of Appeal – 1st District
- 10-10:30 a.m.: Break
- 10:30 a.m.-noon
  
  Determining the Appropriate Sanction (Room 1)
  Panelists: Emily Abbott, Executive Director, Arkansas Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission and Hon. Michael Evans, Superior Court Judge, Cowlitz County, Washington
  
  Introduction to Judicial Ethics & Discipline for New Members of Judicial Conduct Commissions (Room 2)
  Panelists: Taylor Henderson, Administrative Director, Oklahoma Council on Judicial Complaints and Hon. Mark Campbell, District Judge and Presiding Judge, Oklahoma Court on the Judiciary – Appellate Division
  
  Disqualification Procedures & Recusal Scenarios (Room 3)
  Panelists: Marla Greenstein, Alaska; Hon. Victor Reyes (ret.), Colorado; and Hon. Mitch Perry, Jefferson County Circuit Court, Kentucky
- Noon-1:30 p.m..: Lunch
- 1:30-3 p.m.
  
  Remedial Measures (Room 1)
  Panelists: Phyllis Dominquez, New Mexico and April Elliott, Arizona
  
  Judicial Well-Being: An Ethical Issue (Room 2)
  Moderator: John Bello, Interim Managing Director, NCSC
  Panelists: Hon. Victor Reyes (ret.), Colorado; Adrienne Meiring, Indiana; and Diana Uchiyama, Illinois LAP
  
  GenAI & Judicial Ethics (Room 3)
  Moderator: Cathy Zacharias, Deputy Director, NCSC Center for Judicial Ethics
  Panelists: Chief Justice Matthew Fader, Supreme Court of Maryland and Michelle Hall, Ohio Office of Disciplinary Counsel
- 3-3:30 p.m.: Break
- 3:30-5 p.m.
  
  The Role of Public Members on Judicial Conduct Commissions (Room 1)
  Panelists: Dr. Michael Moodian, California and Rick Simpson, former member of the California Commission on Judicial Performance
  
  Demeanor (Room 2)
  Panelists: Reiko Callner, Washington and Hon. Joseph Kreamer, Superior Court, Maricopa County, Arizona
  
  Off-Bench Conduct (Room 3)
  Panelists: Mark Levine, New York and Jacqueline Habersham, Texas
- 8:30-10 a.m.
  
  Disqualification Procedures & Recusal Scenarios (Room 1)
  Panelist: Marla Greenstein, Alaska; Hon. Victor Reyes (ret.), Colorado; and Hon. Mitch Perry, Jefferson County Circuit Court, Kentucky
  
  GenAI & Judicial Ethics (Room 2)
  Moderator: Cathy Zacharias, Deputy Director, NCSC Center for Judicial Ethics
  Panelists: Chief Justice Matthew Fader, Supreme Court of Maryland and Michelle Hall, Ohio Office of Disciplinary Counsel
  
  Demeanor (Room 3)
  Panelists: Reiko Callner, Washington and Hon. Joseph Kreamer, Superior Court, Maricopa County, Arizona
- 10-10:30 a.m.: Break
- 10:30 a.m.-noon
  
  Determining the Appropriate Sanction (Room 1)
  Panelists: Emily Abbott, Executive Director, Arkansas Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission and Hon. Michael Evans, Superior Court Judge, Cowlitz County, Washington
  
  Remedial Measures (Room 2)
  Panelists: Phyllis Dominquez, New Mexico and April Elliott, Arizona

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