Did Judge Sex Inmate In Prison?

Did Judge Sex Inmate In Prison?

A part-time female judge from northern Indiana is being accused of having sexual relations at a state prison with an inmate while visiting the inmate!

Apparently since she is a Senior judge she has the ability to preside over cases half the time and practice law the other half.

Senior judge Lisa Traylor-Wolff,visited an inmate half her age that she was providing defense representation to and allegedly wound up giving him her birthday cake and now she’s in trouble!

The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications has filed three disciplinary charges against Lisa Traylor-Wolff, a senior judge serving in Pulaski and Fulton counties.

INDIANA – An attorney and part-time judge in northern Indiana is facing disciplinary charges after allegations that she had sexual relations at a state prison with a client.

The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications has filed three disciplinary charges against Lisa Traylor-Wolff, a senior judge serving in Pulaski and Fulton counties.

Senior judges, such as Traylor-Wolff, work part-time to fill in for trial court judges and also may practice law.

The charges stem from an alleged “physically intimate relationship with a 26-year-old client” who Traylor-Wolff had been appointed to represent, according to a statement issued today by the Indiana Supreme Court.

She declined comment.

The allegation would be a violation of the Code of Conduct that applies to all judges.

The commission is the seven-member group that investigates alleged ethical misconduct by judges.

According to the court statement, Traylor-Wolff was representing the defendant on felony charges.

“The defendant was eventually convicted and sentenced to the Department of Correction. Traylor-Wolff continued representing the client on appeal,” the statement says.

“The commission alleges she began a romantic relationship with the client while representing him. The commission also alleges inappropriate conduct occurred when Traylor-Wolff and the client were in an attorney-client visitation room at the Miami Correctional Facility.”

The statement explains the disciplinary charges at this point are only allegations.

“Only the five members of the Supreme Court can determine what, if any, allegations are true,” the statement says.

Traylor-Wolff did not ask to be re-certified as a senior judge in 2013, according to the statement.

It says she faces three charges of violating the Code of Judicial Conduct:

Judge Traylor-Wolff violated rules of professional conduct which prohibits a lawyer from having sexual relations with a client; which prohibit a lawyer from representing a client if there is a significant risk that the representation will be materially limited by a personal interest of the lawyer; and which requires a judge to promote confidence in the integrity of the judiciary and to avoid impropriety.

The commission also alleges Traylor-Wolff violated a section of the code of conduct “which prohibits judges from engaging in activities that would appear to undermine the judge’s independence, integrity, or impartiality,” the statement said.

An online biography on the website for the Leeman Law Office in Logansport says Traylor-Wolff graduated from Ball State University in 1982 and the Valparaiso School of Law in 1986.

It also says she formerly served as a superior court judge in Pulaski County, as well as a deputy city attorney in Logansport and former president of the Pulaski County Bar Association.

Traylor-Wolff has 20 days to respond to the charges.

After a response is filed, or the deadline passes, the statement says the Supreme Court will appoint three masters to conduct a public hearing.

The Indiana Supreme Court has final authority over judicial discipline.

The statement says the court has a range of options from dismissing the charges to imposing a permanent ban on holding a judicial office in Indiana.

Source: IndyStar

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