Committee On Judicial Ethics

May 11, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A judge may volunteer as a participant in a COVID-19 study conducted by a hospital and may accept the same modest per-visit compensation as other participants.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

May 06, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A judge must not preside in a criminal case that has been transferred to drug treatment court where the judge entered a single appearance as the prosecutor in the underlying criminal case.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

3 minute read

May 06, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A judge has no ethical obligation to vacate their decision in a criminal case, merely because the defendant was the judge's student several decades ago and they remain friendly acquaintances.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

May 05, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A full-time judge may participate, without compensation, as an interviewee and consultant for a commercially- produced documentary concerning a case the judge prosecuted several decades ago, provided the case has completely terminated and no related proceedings are pending or impending.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

3 minute read

May 05, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Where a judge's spouse supervises assistant county attorneys in family court neglect and abuse cases, and a criminal case before the judge has material and relevant connections to a family court neglect and abuse case, if the judge's spouse is either directly involved or supervising assistant county attorneys in the "related" case, the judge must disclose the connection and their spouse's role, but need not disqualify unless a party is appearing without counsel.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

5 minute read

May 04, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Where a law firm's managing partner is the sibling of a New York State judge, a Surrogate's Court judge in a county specified in Section 36.1(a)(11) may not appoint any attorney of the law firm to serve as the Public Administrator, nor may the Surrogate appoint the law firm as counsel to the Public Administrator.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

6 minute read

May 04, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A full-time judge may not be a member of a bar association task force organized to monitor and discuss fiscal and human rights issues faced by residents of a United States territory.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

9 minute read

May 03, 2021 | New York Law Journal

On assuming full-time judicial office, must a new judge have their name removed from the glass of the shared suite in which they previously practiced law?

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

3 minute read

May 03, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A town justice may suggest that the town board amend the local leash law to include an additional, alternative sanction for violations of the ordinance, that would allow the court to order defendant dog owners to confine their repeat offender dogs in a manner that will prevent future violations.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

7 minute read

April 19, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The judge, a former assistant district attorney, may not preside in a criminal case in which the judge had some minimal prior involvement as an attorney.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

5 minute read