Earlier this month, the Michigan state Judicial Tenure Commission filed an eight count ethics complaint (available in full below) against Judge Thomas D. Wilson, alleging a variety of inappropriate behaviors during his time on the bench.
According to the complaint, Wilson abused alcohol between 2013 and 2021. During that time he would appear in public “smelling of alcohol, looking disheveled, or appearing flushed.” During an interview with the Commission, Wilson also stated he would, on occasion, leave the courthouse, go home and drink alcohol, before returning to court.
There are also allegations of several different instances of sexual harassment of women judges and lawyers he worked with, including commenting on their body parts and/or attractiveness. Wilson is also alleged to have boasted about his sexual exploits, telling one judge, “that his penis became so red (implying sexual activity) that he had to have it checked out at the health department.”
Wilson also allegedly had relationships with parties or attorneys appearing before him that he failed to disclose and inserted himself in cases not before him.
Wilson’s attorney, Thomas W. Cranmer of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone PLC told Bloomberg Law Wilson is a “respected and trusted jurist in Jackson County” who looks forward to “clearing his name.”
Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.
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Earlier this month, the Michigan state Judicial Tenure Commission filed an eight count ethics complaint (available in full below) against Judge Thomas D. Wilson, alleging a variety of inappropriate behaviors during his time on the bench.
According to the complaint, Wilson abused alcohol between 2013 and 2021. During that time he would appear in public “smelling of alcohol, looking disheveled, or appearing flushed.” During an interview with the Commission, Wilson also stated he would, on occasion, leave the courthouse, go home and drink alcohol, before returning to court.
There are also allegations of several different instances of sexual harassment of women judges and lawyers he worked with, including commenting on their body parts and/or attractiveness. Wilson is also alleged to have boasted about his sexual exploits, telling one judge, “that his penis became so red (implying sexual activity) that he had to have it checked out at the health department.”
Wilson also allegedly had relationships with parties or attorneys appearing before him that he failed to disclose and inserted himself in cases not before him.
Wilson’s attorney, Thomas W. Cranmer of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone PLC told Bloomberg Law Wilson is a “respected and trusted jurist in Jackson County” who looks forward to “clearing his name.”
Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.
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