Supreme Court of Florida
Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 09-518 Re Yvonne Colodny
December 2, 201035 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 700
Summary
The Court approved the JQC's recommendation that Judge Yvonne Colodny receive a public reprimand and pay a $5,000 fine for misreporting $125,000 in campaign loans from her father and failing initially to disclose the liability on her financial disclosure form. The Court concluded that her misconduct was mitigated by her reliance on counsel, cooperation, prompt corrective disclosures, lack of intentional misrepresentation, and lack of evidence that her impartiality was affected. The Court therefore found a lesser sanction appropriate than those imposed in more serious campaign-finance cases.