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Because Judge Jacqueline Waymack is seeking another term, her 2005 agreement with the Virginia Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission has become public.  The Commission found improper a comment in a case involving an effort by a mother, who was a stripper, to regain custody from a child’s paternal grandmother.  Refusing to change custody, Waymark commented that one of the liberal male judges upstairs might decide the case differently.

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The commission also found improper a comment by Waymack in a case involving an effort by a mother, who was a stripper, to regain custody from the child’s paternal grandmother. Waymack refused to change custody and commented that the case might be decided differently by “one of our male liberal judges upstairs.”
In her response, Waymack acknowledged that the comment was inappropriate and said she was sorry to have made it. But she said it was in the context of an argument by the mother’s attorney that she found “disingenuous and offensive.” The attorney said stripping was a wholesome activity and it would be better for the child to go to work with her mother than to stay with the grandmother, Waymack said.
Waymack said she believed that the appropriate period of time to avoid hearing cases involving a former law partner was six months, although she subsequently learned that 12 months might have been a more suitable period. Scheduling because of recusals was difficult in the far-flung judicial district that extends from Hopewell to the North Carolina line because it has only two J&DR judges, she said.

What is the JIRC Hiding???

Via The VLW site

In its year-end report to the General Assembly, dated Dec. 1 and posted online Dec. 18, the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission demonstrates just how busy it has been this year. Business is steady for the agency that provides ethics oversight to 772 judges in the commonwealth.

JIRC fielded 967 telephone inquiries, with the majority coming from judges and litigants. In 500 written inquiries, the agency heard primarily from inmates and civil litigants, many of them presumably unhappy with the outcome of their cases.

This year, the commission opened 20 files, as compared to 23 last year, and it dismissed 16 matters during 2008, with eight matters pending at year-end.

Under Va. Code § 17.1-918, the agency must report to the legislature findings of misconduct by judges seeking re-election, and it had one such matter in 2007 and one in 2008.
By Deborah Elkins

I have always said that JIRC serves only to protect Judges. I Guess I know why my complaint against jusge Olds was drop, since the Chairperson of the JIRC is Larry Willis, a judge who works with Olds in The Chesapeake JDR courthouse.

Commission Counsel provides informal ethics advice to Virginia judges on a daily basis. During the past twelve months, Counsel responded to more than 400 such requests.

Here I thought that Judges knew what they jobs entails,  I guess these judges need help to protect their lying asses. To see what laws they can break and not get charge with or thrown off the bench.

Written inquiries received
Attorneys-10
Judges-13
Court employees-2
General public-23
Litigants-189
Victims-2
Inmates-219
Media-0
Other-42
TOTAL-500

I can only guess they filed all written inquires from inmates are files in the oval filing cabinet. I really have to wonder what the 2 written inquires from court employees are about. What gets me is who are these "others"?

Nature of written inquiry
Ruling/decision-289
Ex parte-10
Bias or prejudice-60
Delay-18
Rude behavior-45
Failure to follow the law-25
Ethics opinion-10
How to file-30
Other

Well I sure those who complain about delays didn't have anything to do with these AJA meeting In Hawaii and other vactional places. In my opinion ever judge is guilty of rude behavior, Ex parte should never take place all, but they do in domestic cases, yes those DV advocate have a walk in policy with most judges. I wonder just how many of those ruling/decision was because the judge was contradicting their own prevous  orders, I know Judge Olds loves doing that. Who would every guess that a judge would be guilty of "failure to follow the law", each and every one of them thats who.

Telephone inquiries received
Attorneys-39
Judges-451
Court employees-11
General public-21
Litigants-310
Victims-9
Inmates-1
Media-1
Other-114
In Person-10

What is this, 451 calls from Judges, If they don't know how to do their damn job get them off the damn bench. Again with the court employees calling and written the JIRC, what do they know??? What are they writing and call the JIRC about? I guess we will never know these the JIRC works "behind closed doors."

Nature of telephone inquiry
Ruling/decision-236
Ex parte-13
Bias or prejudice-67
Delay-23
Rude behavior-66
Failure to follow the law-55
Ethics opinion-460
How to file-103
Other-208

Damn 460 calls concerning ethics, wow, I guess it not to far off, since must judges don't know what ethics are. I wonder what are these 208 other complaints, what is the JIRC hiding from the General Assembly? Could Sexuality improprieties be among them, what about bribes?