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Bruce Clayton Mills #115104 DISBARRED License Status: Inactive Address: 53 Spindrift Ct, St Augustine, FL 32092-1125 Phone: Not Available | Fax: Not Available Email: [email protected] | Website: Not Available License Status, Disciplinary and Administrative History All changes of license status due to nondisciplinary administrative matters and disciplinary actions. Date License Status Discipline Administrative Action Present Inactive 4/9/2023 Inactive 7/9/2022 Not eligible to practice law in CA Discipline w/actual suspension 22-O-30034 5/31/2018 Inactive 8/14/1995 Judge 12/3/1984 Admitted to the State Bar of California Retired Contra Costa County Judge Hit With ‘Most Severe Level of Discipline’ Contra Costa County judge accused again of misconduct A veteran Contra Costa County judge with an extensive record of discipline was accused by the state Commission on Judicial Performance on Tuesday of further misconduct in two criminal cases. But a lawyer for Superior Court Judge Bruce Mills accused the commission of a conflict of interest because the defendant Mills sentenced in one of the cases has publicly accused the commission of covering up judicial misconduct. The defendant, Joseph Sweeney, who heads an organization called Court Reform LLC, has been among the most prominent voices in a campaign that has led the state auditor to begin a probe of the commission’s operations. “I think it’s outrageous that the commission, with a clear conflict of interest, would bring charges against Judge Mills rather than referring the matter … to an independent body,” said the attorney, James A. Murphy. “If a judge did what the Commission on Judicial Performance did, the judge would be subject to discipline.” The commission’s executive director, Victoria Henley, declined to comment. Mills, 62, a former prosecutor,was appointed to the bench by Gov. Pete Wilson in 1995 and has been elected by county voters to… Read More