Committee On Judicial Ethic

July 14, 2022 | New York Law Journal

May a judge privately present an award and plaque to a martial arts teacher/practitioner on behalf of a not-for-profit organization, and thereafter permit photographs to be posted publicly on the organization's website?

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

2 minute read

July 13, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A full-time judge may apply for an appointment as a federal administrative law judge and go through background checks and salary negotiations prior to acceptance of an offer. The judge may continue to serve in the state judiciary post-acceptance until the day before starting work as administrative law judge.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

July 12, 2022 | New York Law Journal

May a full-time judge write to members of the county legislature to emphasize the urgency of completing certain repairs to the courthouse, to encourage them to proceed promptly, and to suggest using certain federal monies the county has received? If so, may the judge also encourage other local judges to express support for completing these courthouse repairs?

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

2 minute read

July 11, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A judge's obligation to disqualify in matters involving their former campaign manager terminates two years after the campaign manager relationship has ended.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

6 minute read

July 10, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Whether a judge may, in the exercise of discretion, reduce or waive certain Vehicle and Traffic Law surcharges regardless of a defendant's ability to pay is a question of law which this Committee has no authority to address.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

2 minute read

July 07, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A judge may write a book review for a legal textbook and may retain the reviewed book in their personal library.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

July 06, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Where a judge regularly assigns a particular attorney as 18-B counsel or attorney for the child in a large number of cases, if the judge hires that attorney's life partner as the judge's personal secretary, the judge (a) must not approve the attorney's payment vouchers and (b) must not assign or appoint the attorney in future cases while the conflict persists.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

July 05, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A family court judge may not accept an appointment to the Judicial Leadership Council of the National Court Appointed Special Advocate/Guardian Ad Litem Association for Children nor permit the organization to "promote" the judge on social media and its website.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

7 minute read

July 04, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A full-time judge may attend a law firm's online "launch party" hosted by an attorney and law firm who do not appear before the judge.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

3 minute read

June 30, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A judge may disclose the judge's own preferred gender pronouns in the judge's email signature block and during a virtual proceeding in which the judge presides.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

3 minute read