By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 6, 2020
A judge who headed the DSS legal department as the senior social services attorney is disqualified from all cases in which the judge participated.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 31, 2020
The judge need not disqualify him/herself from matters involving a filed disciplinary complaint against a judge, if the Commission on Judicial Conduct has not issued a formal written complaint.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 31, 2020
A judge need not disqualify him/herself from issuing a decision in a small claims matter because his/her relative applied for employment with the law firm that appeared at the hearing.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 30, 2020
A judge may not participate in a silent "walk for justice."
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 24, 2020
A part-time judge may not serve concurrently as business agent for a correction officers' union, where the role requires representing the interests of corrections officers in the legislative or political sphere.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 23, 2020
A judge must disqualify him/herself from a case where two attorneys representing the judge's child in a civil matter are also the public defender and an assistant public defender.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 23, 2020
In a case where a disciplinary proceeding resulting from a complaint filed by the District Attorney results in public censure on undisputed facts, the judge must disqualify him/herself from all matters involving the District Attorney's office for two years.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 22, 2020
A judge need not take any further action if he/she discovered a clerical court employee's apparent misconduct after the affected case had already been adjudicated and the judge has already reported all the facts he/she learned to appropriate court administrators.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 22, 2020
A judge with an interest in unpaid fees separately shared by the judge's former partner must disqualify in any matter where the former partner appears, for two years after final payment of those fees.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 21, 2020
A judge may continue to preside in matters involving the APD, provided the judge concludes he/she can be fair and impartial, and disclosure is not required.
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