By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 22, 2023
A full-time judge (1) may serve as co-chair of the ACACIA Network, a not-for-profit social services organization, provided the judge does not serve in a court that makes referrals to the organization, but (2) may not serve on a bar association committee on corrections and community reentry on the facts presented.
By Andrew Denney | October 20, 2023
A justice for the Moravia town and village courts since 2001, June Shepardson agreed to step down in a stipulation co-signed by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct in which she also said she would never again run for judicial office.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 19, 2023
Is a town justice disqualified from presiding over matters in which the town is represented by a law firm that employs the judge's first-degree relative as an associate?
By Avalon Zoppo | October 19, 2023
"If you don't require leave of court," amici could file briefs to target the recusal of a certain judge, Ninth Circuit Judge Sidney Thomas said.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Dan Roe | October 19, 2023
Major cases, millions in legal fees and Houston's status as a premier destination for corporate restructuring are all at stake in the fallout of Judge David Jones' resignation.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Bonnie C. Frost and William A. Krais | October 19, 2023
When considering 'The People of New York v. Trump,' most people focus on salacious details. However, lawyers familiar with the Rules of Professional Conduct are focusing on a more subtle, though no less important, issue: conflict of interest.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 18, 2023
Where a housing court judge, who is a shareholder and proprietary lessee in a cooperative apartment building, learns that the building's board of directors has hired a new management company that manages many other properties that are located in the jurisdiction of the judge's court: (1) The judge is not disqualified from presiding in matters where the managing company appears before the judge, but must disclose the relationship on the record.
By Michael A. Mora | October 18, 2023
"The commission's literal slap on the wrist is the gift of all gifts," said H. Scott Fingerhut, a judicial ethics expert at Florida International University College of Law.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 17, 2023
A village justice who serves in that capacity without compensation (1) may not simultaneously serve as a justice of the supreme court or a judge of the district court but (2) may, subject to any requisite administrative approvals, simultaneously serve as a support magistrate or court attorney-referee.
By Cedra Mayfield | October 17, 2023
After a two-month pause, judicial misconduct proceedings for Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson are set to resume Nov. 28 and 29 at the Cobb County Courthouse.
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