New Hampshire Judge Resigns Under Allegations of Fraudulent Conduct

New Hampshire Superior Court Judge Patricia Coffey resigned after she was suspended for three years by the state Supreme Court for dealings considered fraudulent and dishonest by her colleagues. Coffey’s demise is tied to a fraudulent property transfer involving her husband, John Coffey was barred as an attorney over the controversy.

John Coffey was accused of exploiting an elderly client with dementia in 2005 and was facing discipline when he appears to have transfer property four days before the ruling to try to protect the property from being claimed in damages. Judge Coffey was found to be complicit in the transfer despite a court order that her husband should repay the costs of the investigation.

She is not the only jurist in trouble, here and here and here and here.
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