By ALM Staff | October 30, 2023
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 29, 2023
(1) A full-time city court judge whose part-time co-judge is an assistant county attorney need not recuse from cases in which other attorneys from the county attorney's office appear, provided that the co-judge has had absolutely no involvement in the matter. (2) A full-time city court judge may accept an appointment by the city to serve on the board of a not-for-profit organization that receives state funding to rehabilitate blighted properties, provided the organization is not likely to appear in the judge's court or to be engaged regularly in adversary proceedings in any court.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 26, 2023
(1) A full-time judge may assist a not-for-profit organization in developing a training program designed to educate medical professionals, first responders and others on assessing, evaluating and responding to domestic violence situations, provided the program and participants are not so imbalanced as to cast doubt on the judge's impartiality. (2) The judge may also participate in presenting the training, provided the panels on which the judge serves are "balanced" and the judge abides by generally applicable limitations on judicial speech and conduct, including the public comment rule.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | October 26, 2023
"All judges have that kind of burden imposed on us," Justice Jeff Boyd said during oral arguments. "As a result of the role we play within our governmental system, we're prohibited from making money doing other things, particularly if those other things suggest some favoritism or bias."
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 25, 2023
A full-time judge whose former client has discharged initial successor counsel and retained entirely new counsel may meet with the new attorneys and the former client to discuss records relating to the former representation, but must not offer legal or tactical advice.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 24, 2023
A part-time judge may participate in (1) a county or local task force formed as part of the New York State Climate Smart Communities program and (2) their municipality's strategic investment committee.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 23, 2023
May a part-time town justice maintain concurrent full-time employment with the Unified Court System in another county, as a Court Assistant?
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 22, 2023
A full-time judge (1) may serve as co-chair of the ACACIA Network, a not-for-profit social services organization, provided the judge does not serve in a court that makes referrals to the organization, but (2) may not serve on a bar association committee on corrections and community reentry on the facts presented.
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By Andrew Denney | October 20, 2023
A justice for the Moravia town and village courts since 2001, June Shepardson agreed to step down in a stipulation co-signed by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct in which she also said she would never again run for judicial office.
2 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 19, 2023
Is a town justice disqualified from presiding over matters in which the town is represented by a law firm that employs the judge's first-degree relative as an associate?
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