Judicial Ethics Opinions

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-73

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 27, 2020

    A full-time judge who formerly worked for the Legal Aid Society is permanently disqualified in cases in which he/she participated in any way as an attorney.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-70

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 27, 2020

    Where a not-for-profit, non-partisan town Grange engages in educational initiatives but also engages in lobbying with local governments, a town judge may join the entity as a regular member but must not assume leadership roles in the entity.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-56

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 26, 2020

    Where a judge's first-degree attorney relative works for the private law office of an ADA who appears in the judge's court, the judge need not disclose or disqualify when the ADA appears as an ADA.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-74

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 26, 2020

    A judge may serve on board of directors for a not-for-profit private school.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-68

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 25, 2020

    A town justice may preside in matters involving the public defender's office where his/her spouse works as an eligibility investigator, provided he/she discloses his/her spouse's employment.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-54

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 25, 2020

    A part-time judge may serve as the security manager for a local racetrack, which is outside the jurisdiction of his/her court.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-58

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 12, 2020

    A part-time lawyer judge must not publish his/her judicial decisions on his/her personal social media website.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-50

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 11, 2020

    A part-time town judge may serve on the town's board of assessment review and its strictly advisory historical preservation commission, subject to disqualification in any matters involving these entities or their determinations or recommendations.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-45

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 10, 2020

    A full-time judge may serve on the board of a not-for-profit entity that runs community-based health care facilities, provided it and its affiliated hospital are not likely to be engaged regularly in adversary proceedings in any court.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-38

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 6, 2020

    A judge may discuss pending or impending matters with other judges and court clerks at a magistrate's association meeting, assuming this is a confidential setting with no others present.

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