A municipal court judge, and former county bar association president, faces an ethics complaint from the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct over her alleged failure to recuse from cases in which her law office’s landlord appeared before her in court.
According to the complaint, Lilia Munoz, who holds part-time judgeships in Union City and Guttenberg, housed her solo law practice at 545-547 39th St. in Union City from 2005 to 2018. The building’s owner is a company whose principals are attorney Ramon Gonzalez and his spouse. Gonzalez also has his own law office in the same building. During the time that Munoz was a tenant in the building, Gonzalez allegedly appeared as counsel of record before Munoz numerous times in both Union City and Guttenberg.
