His comments came after he made an oral default judgment ruling against Endo, but before he issued a written decision later that month. In the case various local governments filed against Endo Pharmaceuticals, Young told Law360 in February that it was the “the worst case of document hiding” he had ever run into, likening it to a John Grisham movie. Since 2014, Young has served on the bench in the 13th Judicial District, which includes Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and White counties.

“Fortunately, it's rare for an investigation of a judge to get this far, and it's certainly rare to have this serious of allegations with regard to the sexual misconduct, and it's certainly rare to have discipline the result of which is you don't get to serve out your term of office,” White said. Penny White, a University of Tennessee law school professor who specializes in judicial ethics, said the case illustrates that “a judge is a judge 24-7.' The judicial board will hand over the case to Tennessee's Board of Professional Responsibility, which oversees attorneys, for possible further action.Ī voicemail left with Young's office seeking comment was not immediately returned. 31 after losing his Republican primary election in May. Young's 30-day suspension begins Tuesday and his term ends Aug. In the other case, he didn't recuse himself and ruled that the husband could adopt one of his wife's children. An appeals court disqualified him from the opioid case, voiding his default judgment that would have sent the case directly to trial over how much to award the plaintiffs in damages. The unusual two-count suspension came down from the Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct, which this week found that Judge Jonathan Lee Young had mishandled both cases. In the other, a judicial oversight panel found he had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a married woman with an adoption case before him. In one, his out-of-court comments were deemed improper enough to void a prominent ruling he made against an opioid company. A judicial oversight panel has suspended a Tennessee judge for the rest of his term, citing two very different types of indiscretion in handling cases.

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