By Cedra Mayfield | May 14, 2024
"I have never decided or declared how I'd rule on any case," former U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Georgia, said Monday during a post-hearing press conference.
8 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 13, 2024
(1) A full-time judge may serve as the administrator of a not-for-profit religious organization's food pantry, and may prepare the pantry's funding applications, but may not personally sign them. The judge must instead designate someone else from within the organization to sign the applications.
6 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 12, 2024
(1) Once a judge's law clerk's spouse becomes the Public Defender, the judge (a) must completely insulate the law clerk from all cases involving the PD's office, (b) must disclose both the relationship and the insulation, and (c) may thereafter preside in the matter, provided the judge can be fair and impartial, even if a party objects.
4 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 9, 2024
A judicial association may enter into a licensing agreement with a vendor to create and sell themed products to association members, provided such agreement is non-transferable, and the association prohibits the vendor from using the association's name in any advertising or listing the association as a customer/client.
4 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 8, 2024
A part-time town justice may not remain "of counsel" to the law firm that represents the town planning board.
3 minute read
By Cedra Mayfield | May 8, 2024
"We believe that the charges against Judge Peterson were not proven, and even if they were, that the level of discipline imposed is excessive," said respondent counsel S. Lester Tate III of Akin & Tate in Cartersville.
8 minute read
By Rahool Patel | May 8, 2024
"The strength of New Jersey's attorney disciplinary system depends on attorneys like you," writes Rahool Patel.
3 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 7, 2024
(1) A full-time judge may not serve as an officer or director of a not-for-profit community group organized to oppose a municipality's proposed changes to a public park by litigation and other means, and may not engage in community outreach or fund-raising on behalf of the group. However, the judge may make charitable donations to the group and may engage in certain public advocacy activities on the judge's own behalf where the judge has a clear and direct personal interest at stake.
10 minute read
By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press | May 7, 2024
The candidate sued hours ahead of a deadline to reply to a complaint that he is violating state judicial ethics rules and that he must bring his campaign ads into compliance with state rules.
4 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 6, 2024
Where a judge concludes that there is a substantial likelihood that an attorney made biased and harassing comments to court personnel and opposing counsel during a court appearance but outside the judge's presence, the judge must report this conduct to the appropriate attorney grievance committee.
5 minute read
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