Monika Kozak

December 24, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A full-time judge may serve on the advisory board to a local public charter school, where the advisory board is separate and apart from the school's board of directors and is not responsible for the school's operations or budget.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

December 24, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A full-time judge may accept reasonable compensation from the home team as a sports referee for collegiate matches.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

7 minute read

December 18, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Unconscious bias. Conscious bias. Subconscious bias. A dizzying recitation of every fashionable buzzword. This is now what passes for scholarly writing.

By Stuart M. Rissoff

2 minute read

December 04, 2020 | New York Law Journal

May a judge participate in an exploratory committee formed by the Public Defender and the District Attorney to consider the possible creation of a district court system in their county?

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

2 minute read

December 04, 2020 | New York Law Journal

What are a judge's obligations on learning, from the attorneys' own submissions in a case, that their clients failed to file tax returns for multiple years?

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

3 minute read

December 04, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In general, a judge is disqualified, subject to remittal, when an attorney representing the judge's first or second-degree relative appears before him/her while the representation is ongoing.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

3 minute read

December 03, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Where a full-time judge's personally appointed law clerk has neither a quasi-judicial title nor functions, the judge may permit the law clerk to participate in peaceful "Black Lives Matter" protests away from the courthouse during non-working hours.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

December 03, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A court attorney-referee must disqualify him/herself in small claims real property tax assessment review proceedings that involve properties in his/her own neighborhood or in any other area of the town where a ruling might affect his/her own real property assessment.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

5 minute read

December 02, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A judge who was formerly a prosecutor may speak to an ethnic/cultural affinity group, made up of employees at the prosecutor's office, about the judge's experience as a prosecutor.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

5 minute read

December 02, 2020 | New York Law Journal

It is improper for a judge to serve on a county legislature's task force, where the judge's proposed involvement seems to immerse the judge in helping the probation department implement its programs or internal policies, and the legislature has not mandated judicial branch participation.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

9 minute read