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Case Summary for Complaint # 2136


Name: Randal B. Fritzler

Title: Judge

Court: Clark District Court

County: Clark

Discipline: Censure

Method of Resolution: Stipulation

Discipline Date: 08/09/1996

Canons Violated:1, 2(A), 3(B)(1), 3(D)(1)(a)

Summary: From an agreed statement of facts, the Commission determined that a Clark County District Court judge violated Canons 1, 2(A), 3(B)(1) and 3(D)(1)(a) of the Code of Judicial Conduct when he engaged in a consensual sexual relationship with a court employee while continuing to preside over matters in which the employee's spouse was the attorney of record. Additionally, the relationship disrupted the administration of the court. The Commission censured the judge.

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