Judges who coach should watch for curveball facts that might lead someone to reasonably wonder if they can be impartial in a case involving an attorney whose child is a player on their team, the Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions wrote.
September 02, 2022 at 04:22 PM
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Judges who coach kids’ sports teams can usually leave it all on the field and not be forced to forfeit their gavels in cases involving attorneys who are parents of one of their athletes, an ethics committee said Friday.
The Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions warned in a formal opinion, however, that judges who coach should disclose on the record “reasonably relevant” information about why they did not step away from such a case.
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