Monika Kozak

October 22, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Where a judge's first-degree relative has retained litigation counsel and sued a hospital, during the litigation, the judge must make full disclosure when the hospital appears before him/her.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

5 minute read

October 22, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Where a judge is being sued for acts allegedly undertaken in his/her former official capacity as a city attorney, during the representation, the judge is disqualified from matters involving the specific city attorney(s) who are personally involved in the judge's representation.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

5 minute read

October 13, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A part-time judge may serve on a county executive's working group to review training at the county police academy, where the group's membership is balanced and its goal is to help reduce and eliminate implicit bias.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

7 minute read

October 13, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A part-time judge may not serve as a business agent for a correction officers' union.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

October 09, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A judge may not oppose an elected federal official or candidate for non-judicial public office in an editorial opinion piece.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

3 minute read

October 09, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A judge may not mail congratulatory letters to a graduating high school class.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

5 minute read

October 07, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A full-time judge who formerly served as an assistant corporation counsel may participate in a panel discussion on legal careers for the law department's summer interns.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

October 07, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A Supreme Court candidate may write a letter asking voters to vote in a primary election for a judicial delegate who will support his/her nomination but must make clear that his/her endorsement of the delegate is for the purpose of furthering his/her own candidacy for Supreme Court.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

October 06, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A part-time judge asks if he/she may appear as a legal commentator/analyst on television or online streaming shows.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

October 06, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A judge may be enrolled in a political party, but may not otherwise be a member of a political organization.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

7 minute read