Committee On Judicial Ethics

August 11, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A part-time town judge may serve on the town's board of assessment review and its strictly advisory historical preservation commission, subject to disqualification in any matters involving these entities or their determinations or recommendations.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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August 10, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A full-time judge may serve on the board of a not-for-profit entity that runs community-based health care facilities, provided it and its affiliated hospital are not likely to be engaged regularly in adversary proceedings in any court.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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August 06, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A judge may discuss pending or impending matters with other judges and court clerks at a magistrate's association meeting, assuming this is a confidential setting with no others present.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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August 06, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A judge who headed the DSS legal department as the senior social services attorney is disqualified from all cases in which the judge participated.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

7 minute read

July 31, 2020 | New York Law Journal

The judge need not disqualify him/herself from matters involving a filed disciplinary complaint against a judge, if the Commission on Judicial Conduct has not issued a formal written complaint.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

6 minute read

July 31, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A judge need not disqualify him/herself from issuing a decision in a small claims matter because his/her relative applied for employment with the law firm that appeared at the hearing.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

3 minute read

July 30, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A judge may not participate in a silent "walk for justice."

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

9 minute read

July 24, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A part-time judge may not serve concurrently as business agent for a correction officers' union, where the role requires representing the interests of corrections officers in the legislative or political sphere.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

7 minute read

July 23, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A judge must disqualify him/herself from a case where two attorneys representing the judge's child in a civil matter are also the public defender and an assistant public defender.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

7 minute read

July 23, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In a case where a disciplinary proceeding resulting from a complaint filed by the District Attorney results in public censure on undisputed facts, the judge must disqualify him/herself from all matters involving the District Attorney's office for two years.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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