Committee On Judicial Ethics

October 06, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A part-time judge may not serve as an assistant attorney general handling petitions for civil management of recidivist sex offenders under the Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

6 minute read

October 05, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A judge who receives ex parte correspondence from an inmate claiming that the conviction was obtained through perjured police testimony may not forward the correspondence to the Conviction Integrity Unit, but may instead treat this correspondence as the judge treats other impermissible ex parte communications.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

October 04, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A judge presiding in a criminal case need not investigate the timing of another judge's prior recusal in the matter nor take any further action.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

3 minute read

October 03, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Where the inquiring judge is not certain that the alleged conduct of an attorney violates the Rules of Professional Conduct or concludes that the alleged misconduct is not substantial, the judge need not take further action, although the judge may do so, in the judge's sole discretion.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

5 minute read

October 02, 2022 | New York Law Journal

May a part-time attorney judge preside in a small claims matter involving a former client they represented nine years ago in Family Court?

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

2 minute read

September 29, 2022 | New York Law Journal

May a full-time judge serve as a member of the nominating committee of a bar association?

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

2 minute read

September 28, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A full-time judge may preside over cases involving an insurance company for which the judge had previously served as in-house counsel once two years have elapsed since the end of the relationship or the final payment of any fees to the judge, whichever is later, provided the judge had no involvement in the case before them as counsel.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

September 27, 2022 | New York Law Journal

(1) An associate village justice may not simultaneously serve as deputy clerk/treasurer for the village. (2) An associate village justice may serve as (a) deputy clerk/treasurer for the town which encompasses the village, (b) deputy registrar of vital statistics for the village and/or (c) deputy registrar of vital Statistics for the town. (3) A judge may observe court sessions over which other judges preside for educational purposes, whether as part of a formal Unified Court System mentor program or informally, subject to any applicable rule and statute limitations.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

6 minute read

September 26, 2022 | New York Law Journal

May a judge preside in a matter involving their spouse's former client?

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

September 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A full-time judge may chair the board of directors of a local YMCA. The judge's name and position may be listed together with other board members in similar fashion on the organization's website and fund-raising invitations, unless the formatting reasonably creates an impression for fund-raising purposes that the directors, collectively and/or individually, are personally soliciting funds.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

5 minute read