Committee On Judicial Ethics

July 19, 2022 | New York Law Journal

May a judge with relevant personal knowledge write a letter supporting a nonjudicial court employee's request for a promotion?

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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July 18, 2022 | New York Law Journal

May a judge who is a disabled veteran become a regular member of the not-for-profit charitable entity, Disabled Veterans of America?

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July 17, 2022 | New York Law Journal

May a county magistrates' association comment on the District Attorney's proposal to the county legislature to abolish local justice courts in favor of a district court system in the county?

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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