The Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission issued an Agreed Order of Suspension (October 26, 2026) for Jefferson Family Court Judge Lauren Adams Ogden, 30th Judicial Circuit, Division 4. Judge Ogden waived formal proceedings and agreed to the order. She is suspended without pay for thirty days, from midnight November 8 through 11:59 p.m. December 8, 2026, and must complete an educational course on proper hearing conduct and due process at her own expense within six months. During the suspension she is barred from performing judicial duties, using court resources, or entering the Jefferson County Judicial Center.
Criteria: Judicial misconduct found by the state Judicial Conduct Commission; due process failures in family court (custody and domestic violence orders); failure to accord litigants the right to be heard.
Verified record: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Judicial Conduct Commission, Agreed Order of Suspension, In re Lauren Adams Ogden, Family Court Judge, 30th Judicial Circuit (October 26, 2026). The Commission received numerous complaints, reviewed all video and written records, and found seven violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct — failing to perform judicial duties competently; failing to comply with the law; failing to uphold the independence and impartiality of the judiciary; failing to apply the law fairly and impartially; failing to perform judicial duties without bias or prejudice; failing to accord every person the right to be heard according to law; and failing to uphold order and decorum — and misconduct in office under SCR 4.020(1)(b), across eight family-court cases. In Anthony De Almeida v. Destiny Paige Smith, 24-CI-501354, she changed sole custody on her own motion without proper notice or due process, did not permit cross-examination, and made no findings on the best interests of the child before ordering immediate custody in the courtroom. In Michael Warren Snyder v. Paige Marie Snyder, 24-D-503477-001, she issued a Domestic Violence Order without sufficient findings of fact.