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Former Cuyahoga County Municipal Court Judge Angela Stokes, whose legal battle has cost the county more than $1 million, has signed off on a deal to retire from the bench and never seek re-election. Stokes will also have to re-apply for her law license. Stokes was facing disciplinary charges for her courtroom behavior. The agreement reached […]

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  On Thursday, the Ohio Supreme Court suspended the law license of Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Angela Stokes until disciplinary charges pending against her are resolved. In a complaint, the court’s disciplinary office asked the state’s top court last month to block her from practicing law to prevent her from again hearing criminal cases. The […]

- CLE

The courtroom of Judge Angela Stokes is dark Monday. She had no docket scheduled and won’t have any criminal cases for the foreseeable future after an unprecedented move by Presiding Judge Ronald Adrine. Videos from Judge Angela Stokes’ courtroom repeatedly show her berating defendants, lawyers, and court personnel.  There were 337 allegations of violations of the […]

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  Judge Angela Stokes’ courtroom actions have been under investigation by the Supreme Court’s disciplinary arm for months now. She has now answered the allegations. Judge Stokes reply is a mix of admissions, denials and claims that she doesn’t have enough information to answer some charges. Reporter Paul Orlousky examined the denials. He went through each reply Judge […]

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  The Disciplinary Counsel of the Ohio Supreme Court has recommended that Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Angela Stokes be disciplined for what it calls abusive treatment of nearly everyone that comes into her courtroom. The 49 page report  comes to the conclusion that Stokes “may be suffering from a mental illness that substantially impairs her […]