1. Dupuy is being sued in one pending legal malpractice case arising from his work before he was elected.  In that suit since Dupuy became a judge, he has refused to provide his deposition, been hit with multiple orders to compel discovery, he has filed motions to recuse the judge (twice), been sanctioned $7,500 for filing frivolous motions to recuse, and he filed Chapter 13 bankruptcy just to put this case on hold.  His bankruptcy was dismissed in December 2012.
2. Dupuy agreed to a $25,000 judgment against him in another legal malpractice case in 2010 and that plaintiff has pursued him since he was elected to collect on the judgment.  Dupuy has also refused to give his deposition in that case and has also filed a motion to recuse the judge.  A wage withholding order takes $600 a month out of his judge's pay to partially satisfy the judgment.
3. Dupuy presided over a child custody case that was set for a jury trial on a Monday.  At the Friday pre-trial conference, it was clear that one of the lawyers, Kathleen Collins, was not prepared for trial.  Dupuy tried to get the parties to agree to waive the jury, but the other attorney, Jack Ewing would not agree.  On Monday morning, Ewing showed up for trial only to be told by Dupuy that he had recused himself because the prior Friday afternoon Dupuy had hired Collins to represent him in in one of his malpractice cases filed against him.  That same year, attorney Greg Hughes filed a motion to recuse Dupuy in a case involving Ms. Collins and Dupuy this time refused to recuse himself.  At the recusal hearing before another judge, Hughes called Dupuy's ex-wife to testify about Dupuy's relationship with Ms. Collins, including the fact that Dupuy and his kids had spent a lot of time at Collins' house and that Dupuy sent his kids' school a letter on court letterhead authorizing Collins to pick up Dupuy's children. Dupuy was recused.  Dupuy called Greg Hughes at his office and told Hughes he was "sleazy and unethical" and then Dupuy told Hughes that, "someday you will have to return to my court and I will remember you."  Dupuy personally confirmed to me that he made that call.  Later, in another personal injury case, the plaintiff's attorney hired Ms. Collins as a local counsel.  Neither Ms. Collins nor Judge Dupuy informed the defendants about the prior recusals and eventually a motion to recuse was filed and granted in that case.    
4. The very next time Greg Hughes appeared in Dupuy's court after Dupuy called him to threaten and berate him, Hughes showed up to represent a man in Dupuy's court against a motion for enforcement and Hughes had his usual motion to recuse.  Dupuy took the bench and asked Hughes if he represented the respondent.  Hughes said he did and Dupuy said, "I don't think so, you are excused."   Hughes barely had time to say he had filed for recusal when Dupuy had the bailiff  remove Hughes from the courtroom and then Dupuy proceeded to question Hughes' client without him about why he hired Hughes. 
5. Dupuy was investigated by the Galveston County District Attorney in 2011 because Dupuy swore in his application to run for judge that he was a resident of Galveston County even though he lived in a rented apartment in Webster in Harris County.  Dupuy listed as his residence the address of his ex-wife.  The elastic definition of "residence" under Texas election laws prevented the DA from pursuing a criminal charge (something Jack Roady has unfairly been criticized for).
6. On his own motion, Dupuy ordered that our part-time Associate Judge Suzanne Radcliffe cannot practice law in Galveston County and then he proceeded to hold her in contempt without a motion, notice, hearing or evidence.  The Court of Appeals in December conditionally granted mandamus to set aside those orders under the theory that all litigants are entitled to notice and a hearing before a judge rules against them.  Click here to read that opinion.  Dupuy basically did the same thing to attorney Lori Laird but there he was even more tricky.  Laird filed a motion to recuse Dupuy and on the morning of the hearing Dupuy sent a fax saying he would recuse himself so the recusal hearing was called off.  However, Dupuy did not actually sign a recusal order until much later and only after he issued sua sponte the most unusual order of contempt you will ever read.  Click here if you want to see this bizarre order issued again without motion, hearing or evidence.   
7. Dupuy has sent e-mails to another judge threatening to send his bailiff to her court to grab criminal defense lawyers who Dupuy thought were being held up too long in district court.  Dupuy sent a horrible e-mail to many folks claiming Judge Yarbrough was violating the law and funneling money to her associate judge and he suggested many family law cases might be void because of their actions.  He even suggested an investigation by the Texas Rangers.  The entire diatribe was overblown, false and showed how off his rocker Dupuy is (even if he was trying to agree with me).  Lastly, Dupuy got really mad when his ex-wife filed a petition for enforcement against him and the case was assigned it own new cause number and not immediately sealed like his divorce file is.  Dupuy sent a chain of bizarre e-mails throwing a fit and threatening to hold the District Clerk or her staff in contempt (as he clearly likes do to).  Click here to read the amazing e-mails Dupuy sent threatening the District Clerk in a case where Dupuy himself was a party!
8. Dupuy was just sued on January 10, 2013 by his own uncle for failure to repay a loan of $25,000 taken out on November 3, 2010 (the day after he was elected!).  Click here to read this new lawsuit and to see the sad promissory note that begins ironically, "On my good name I promise to repay you $25,000..." and ends,"Executed by your loving nephew on November 3, 2010."  
9. Dupuy has resisted providing his sworn testimony in deposition or hearing in the malpractice lawsuits against him or in the many motions to recuse.  In an very unusual move, the State Bar has filed a suit to force Dupuy to give his deposition regarding pending grievances against him. This Uber-secret lawsuit is not even indexed by the District Clerk but it is pending and was delayed only because Dupuy objected to the judge assigned to that case in December.  

Remember, this short list just barely scratches the surface of what Dupuy has done.  The full story will hopefully be ready next month.  Also remember, that before he was elected Judge in the 2010 GOP landslide, Dupuy had filed for bankruptcy, had a house foreclosed on and two cars repossessed, had his law license suspended for six months (probated) for misleading advertising, and was unable to keep any job with law firms before he started his own firm, where he was sued twice for malpractice and once by me to recover a client's funds from a house sale that Dupuy had taken for fees that were so excessive he ended up returning 60% of the money.