TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 12, 2023

Meigs County General Sessions Judge Casey Stokes was yesterday publicly reprimanded by the Board of Judicial Conduct. According to the reprimand, Stokes called a litigant a “tough guy” during an October hearing and said to the litigant, “I hope you meet someone just like yourself one day.” Stokes also told the litigant’s daughter to “shut up” during court. In his response, Stokes acknowledged saying those things and added that the litigant and his family were being rude to the opposing party and had interrupted Stokes. The board wrote in its reprimand that, no matter how tense a situation, it’s important for a judge to “remain dignified and composed and not be drawn into an escalating situation.”