Press Release  Commission on Judicial Conduct publishes Annual Report covering 2024 activities

Boston, MA — On October 30, 2025, the Commission on Judicial Conduct’s Executive Director, Howard V. Neff, III, published the Commission’s 2024 Annual Report, covering its activities from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024. 

The Commission reports that 1,117 complaints were filed with the Commission in 2024, and out of those complaints, thirty-nine were docketed for investigation or Commission Screening. For a complaint to be docketed for investigation or Commission Screening, it must allege specific facts that, if true, would constitute judicial misconduct or disability. 

For complaints docketed for Commission Screening, including stale complaints and anonymous complaints, the Commission must determine whether the complaint meets the necessary threshold to be investigated. In 2024, the Commission dismissed four complaints after Commission Screening and thirty-six complaints after investigation (including seven complaints dismissed with an expression of concern to the judge). 

Of the complaints received in 2024, 879 complaints were submitted through the Commission’s online complaint form. 

The Commission considered a total of sixty-five docketed complaints in 2024, filed both in 2024 and prior years, and disposed of forty of them in 2024. Twenty-five complaints remained pending at the end of 2024, including twenty-one investigations, one Commission Screening, two Rule 13 Submissions in progress, and one complaint with formal charges in progress.

The Commission’s statute and rules, and a copy of the 2024 Annual Report are available on the Commission’s website: www.mass.gov/cjc.

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