By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 25, 2022
A new town judge, who can no longer represent an existing client on a nearly completed matter that originated in the town court, may agree to pay the successor attorney a portion of the original retainer.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 23, 2022
May a new part-time judge continue to: (1) serve as a notary public after taking the bench; (2) maintain a real estate brokers license; (3) own real estate rental properties, whether individually or with their siblings, and either directly or as a member of an LLC; (4) own an ATM business together with another individual, where the business owns several ATMs placed in local businesses and the judge stocks the ATMs and receives income from the surcharges paid by the customer?
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 22, 2022
Is a judge disqualified from cases filed by a law firm in which their second cousin is a partner?
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 21, 2022
A part-time judge may also serve as a deputy district executive in the same judicial district, subject to applicable administrative approvals.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 18, 2022
A new full-time judge (1) need not file a disclosure with the court clerk under 22 NYCRR 100.4(H) for income earned before assuming the bench; (2) may make a modest donation to an animal shelter on behalf of a former client in connection with the closing of the judge's law practice; (3) may give another judge an artwork created by a former client.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 17, 2022
A full-time judge may volunteer as a rescue diver for a county's water rescue/scuba team, where the dive team members are not county employees and are not concerned with issues of fact or policy. However, the judge's judicial duties must take precedence over this extra-judicial activity.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 16, 2022
A part-time judge may serve as an applications systems analyst for the university police of a private, not-for-profit university in another county.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 15, 2022
Subject to certain limitations, a full-time judge may share with the head of a children's services agency the judge's observations of agency operations and procedures used when removing children from their homes.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 14, 2022
A full-time judge who previously served as a supervising Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and then as the Chief ALJ with the Board of Parole Revocation Bureau (1) must disqualify from the criminal matters of individuals for whom a revocation proceeding was commenced or pending during the judge's tenure, but (2) may preside over the criminal matters of defendants for whom a revocation proceeding was commenced after the judge's tenure, provided the judge can be fair and impartial.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 11, 2022
The Committee cannot address legal/administrative issues relating to the court system's vaccination policies, such as whether a judge may delay vaccination beyond the deadline after denial of their exemption request and use various categories of leave during the judge's chosen delay period.
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