James Gill wrote in The Advocate, stating, “District Judge J. Robin Free, of Port Allen, was re-elected without opposition a few months ago, but perhaps he wouldn’t have had a free ride if his habitual disregard for the code of ethics had been public knowledge. Free is a great fan of the free ride, which is one of the reasons he now faces suspension. His attorney, Steven Scheckman, conceded at a hearing last week that Free deserves to be sanctioned for flying to Texas on a private jet and accepting various favors provided by an attorney who had just won $1.2 million in his court.”
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