COURT ALERTS IN EFFECT. Committee on Judicial Conduct
Type: Standing Committee
Established: 1978 (originally as the Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability)
Current Chair: Cathy DeMerchant
Formerly known as the Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability, the Committee on Judicial Conduct receives, processes, and investigates complaints concerning alleged violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct by any judicial officer serving on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Superior Court, District Court, or any of the Probate Courts. The Committee consists of eight members- three judicial members, two attorney members, and three public members- as well as alternate members in each category.
Related website: Committee on Judicial Conduct
Recent annual reports:
Membership Roster
Membership effective May 9, 2025
Term expires January 27, 2027
Charles B. "Chuck" Kruger, of Thomaston
Term expires September 1, 2028
Hon. Michael Dubois, Androscoggin County Probate Judge
Term expires September 1, 2029
Hon. Harold L. Stewart II, Superior Court Justice
Terms expire March 1, 2030
Hon. Andrew Benson, District Court Judge
Kenneth I. Marass, Esq., of Springvale
Kenneth W. Bowden of Falmouth
, Chair
Terms expire September 1, 2030
Stephen J. Schwartz, Esq. (attorney member)
Kaylee J. Folster, Esq. (alternate attorney member)
Gary Koocher (public member)
Alternate Judicial Members:
Hon. Deborah Cashman, Superior Court Justice (until September 1, 2029)
Hon. Philip Mohlar, District Court Judge (until September 1, 2030)
Kaylee Folster, Esq., alternate lawyer member (until September 1, 2030)
Hon. Jarrod Crockett, Oxford County Probate Judge (until March 1, 2031)
Paula Neresian, PhD, RN, alternate public member (until March 1, 2031)
Committee Counsel: John A. McArdle, Esq.
Supreme Judicial Court Liaison: Associate Justice Andrew M. Horton