Overview
- A three-judge Special Court of Review reheard the case and dismissed all reprimands and admonitions after finding the State Commission on Judicial Conduct failed to prove the charges.
- The panel conducted a de novo trial that heard testimony from 14 witnesses and reviewed documentary and video evidence over two days before reaching its July ruling.
- The original allegations stemmed from a 2021 Zoom bond hearing and included claims that Givens allowed her court coordinator to impersonate her and that she exceeded judicial authority.
- Givens resigned from the bench in December 2025 to run for district attorney, defeated incumbent John Creuzot in the March primary, faces no Republican opponent, and is due to assume the office in January.
- Givens and her lawyer have said the six-year fight caused personal harm and reflected potential politicization of disciplinary tools, a point the ruling highlighted by noting witness inconsistencies and system shortcomings during pandemic-era virtual hearings.