Labor/Employment,
Judges and Judiciary
Apr. 14, 2022
Changing judicial disability system would serve justice, attorney says
“There now is a question whether judges disabled by illness, impairment, or age have an adequate economic incentive to seek disability retirement instead of hanging on and subordinating the interests of justice to personal economic interests,” wrote Berkeley attorney Michael Traynor.
Attorneys are sending recommendations to a newly formed Committee to Review the Operations and Structure of the Commission on Judicial Performance ahead of its first meeting next week. One suggested changing the judicial disability retirement system.
“There now is a question whether judges disabled by illness, impairment, or age have an adequate economic incentive to seek disability retirement instead of hanging on and subordinating the int...
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