The 2024 recusal from a civil case by Baldwin County’s top judge, which public records show came in the middle of a personal land transaction involving himself and two local attorneys, raises questions about the judge’s ongoing business relationships over his 11 years on the bench and has a couple in a related lawsuit feeling like a conflict of interest could cost them their home.
Baldwin County Presiding Circuit Court Judge Clark Stankoski
Presiding Circuit Court Judge Clark Stankoski oversaw a case between TLW Alabama Properties and Fairhope Motorcoach Resorts Condominium Owners Association (FMRCOA) for more than two years before abruptly recusing himself on May 21, 2024. That recusal came the day after probate records show Stankoski was assigned limited power of attorney by Andrew C. Harrell, who has routinely represented FMRCOA. Court records show TLW was in the midst of trying to call Harrell as a witness at the time he assigned Stankoski power of attorney and the judge withdrew from the case.
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The HOA fines of $500 a day for what appeared to be an inadvertent encroachment of some landscaping are exorbitant! I don’t know all of the details, but I can’t imagine any fair-minded person agreeing that the total fines are “reasonable” and ordering the homeowners to sell their property to satisfy the judgment fair. That isn’t justice, it is legal destruction of the defendants’ lives.
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