Judge Faden was a corrupt Gotham City Judge on the payroll of mob boss, Carmine Falcone.
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Batman Begins[]
Falcone, who had shared a cell with Joe Chill, paid Faden off to make Chill's hearing public, which he did. Doing so, allowed one of Falcone's assassins to eliminate Chill. Faden was seen briefly at Falcone's headquarters, presumably off-duty, with Falcone specifically pointing him out to Bruce Wayne when explaining how he effectively "owned" Gotham City and was untouchable even if he committed murder against him in public. Batman later took a picture of Faden with a mistress and gave it to Rachel Dawes as leverage to prosecute Falcone.