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People v. Bruce Carpenter Carey
During a recess in his client’s criminal trial in July 2024, Bruce Carey made “small talk” with two female student lawyers from the prosecutor’s office.
During the conversation, Carey made inappropriate comments to the students. When Carey recognized the students’ curt responses, he said he recognized the comments were not welcome and immediately cut off the conversation.
The students reported the statements, which were sexual in nature, to their supervisor and said that the encounter made them both feel uncomfortable. The supervisor then raised the issue with the trial judge on the record, who advised Carey that the comments were inappropriate and directed Carey to only communicate with the supervisors going forward.
The presiding disciplinary judge approved Carey’s stipulation to discipline and publicly censured him, effective Jan. 6.