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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 20, 2023
An Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinator who holds a court attorney-referee title may not engage in political activity, even if they do not currently perform quasi-judicial functions.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 15, 2023
Provided the court attorney-referee can be fair and impartial, the referee is not disqualified from a small claims case merely because (1) both parties were once colleagues of the referee during the referee's former employment as an assistant district attorney and (2) the District Attorney's office interviewed the referee as a fact witness in an unrelated criminal investigation regarding one party.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 14, 2023
A judge may attend an annual fund-raising gala equally benefitting Citizens Union and Citizens Union Foundation, as a guest of the judge's partner.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 13, 2023
A judge with personal knowledge of an attorney's apparently deliberate misrepresentations to their client about having secured an adjournment, resulting in a default and inquest, and the attorney's subsequent failure to appear when the matter was returned to the calendar, mandate reporting the attorney to the appropriate grievance committee. Reporting may await the conclusion of the proceedings. After making the report, the judge is disqualified in all matters involving the attorney, both while the disciplinary matter is pending and for two years thereafter.
By Emily Saul | June 13, 2023
In an advisory opinion, an ethics panel said Judge Juan Merchan should be able to continue to presiding over litigation in the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 12, 2023
(1) Where a judge receives a letter from an assistant district attorney in which the attorney (a) admits secretly altering the supporting materials for a wiretap and ping order after the judge signed the order, (b) urges federal prosecutors not to use or rely on any evidence obtained from the order, and (c) urges federal prosecutors to share the letter with defendants and the court, the judge must report the attorney to the grievance committee. (2) After reporting the assistant district attorney, the judge must disqualify in all cases involving that attorney both while the disciplinary matter is pending and for two years thereafter.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 11, 2023
It would be improper for the constable who serves as the administrator and apparent head of the town constabulary to provide court security for the town court.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 8, 2023
A judge who previously served as the District Attorney may not preside over a parole recognizance hearing concerning a parolee or releasee who had originally been convicted and sentenced during the judge's former tenure as the District Attorney.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 7, 2023
A part-time town or village justice may not simultaneously serve as a Deputy Chief of the Veterans Affairs Police Department.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 6, 2023
A part-time attorney judge may not place an advertisement promoting their law practice on a building owned by a local business that frequently appears before the judge.
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