Rule 9.202 - Standards of Judicial Conduct(A) Responsibility of Judge. A judge is personally responsible for the judge's own behavior and for the proper conduct and administration of the court in which the judge presides.(B) Grounds for Action. A judge is subject to censure, suspension with or without pay, retirement, or removal for conviction of a felony, physical or mental disability that prevents the performance of judicial duties, misconduct in office, persistent failure to perform judicial duties, habitual intemperance, or conduct that is clearly prejudicial to the administration of justice. A judge may not be ordered to pay the costs, fees, and expenses incurred by the commission in prosecuting the complaint.(1) Misconduct in office includes, but is not limited to:(a) persistent incompetence in the performance of judicial duties;(b) persistent neglect in the timely performance of judicial duties;(c) persistent failure to treat persons fairly and courteously;(d) treatment of a person unfairly or discourteously because of the person's race, gender, or other protected personal characteristic;(e) misuse of judicial office for personal advantage or gain, or for the advantage or gain of another; and(f) failure to cooperate with a reasonable request made by the commission in its investigation of a respondent.(2) Conduct in violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct or the Rules of Professional Conduct may constitute a ground for action with regard to a judge, whether the conduct occurred before or after the respondent became a judge or was related to judicial office.(3) In deciding whether action with regard to a judge is warranted, the commission shall consider all the circumstances, including but not limited to the age of the allegations and the possibility of unfair prejudice to the judge because of the staleness of the allegations or unreasonable delay in pursuing the matter and whether respondent has corrected the behavior.Amended effective 9/1/2019.