By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 13, 2023
On the facts presented, a judge may not participate in a public demonstration against gun violence.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 12, 2023
A full-time judge may participate, without compensation, in an interview for a documentary about the life and career of a now-deceased judge who served as the inquirer's mentor.
By Brian Lee | September 12, 2023
The justice's lawyer—opposing the recommendation of the state judicial conduct commission—said the offense merited at most a censure.
By Cedra Mayfield | September 12, 2023
Click through the slideshow to meet the current gatekeepers who make up the Judicial Nominating Commission of Georgia.
By Daniel Kornstein | September 12, 2023
A partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel tells the sordid story of how Martin Manton, a potential U.S. Supreme Court nominee, chief judge of our prestigious U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and before that a federal district judge, solicited bribes from litigants and was ultimately convicted in 1939 and went to prison.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 11, 2023
A full-time judge may be the uncompensated guest speaker discussing aspects of the judge's life and career path related to diversity and inclusion at a for-profit company's employee-only event, where the company's interests are unlikely to come before the judge and the judge's name and image would not be used for commercial purposes.
By Marianna Wharry | September 11, 2023
Angela Goebel, of Blue Springs, Missouri, filed a petition Aug. 31 for damages in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, against McElligott Ewan & Hall and attorneys William L. Hall and Eric D. Roby.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 10, 2023
Where the remaining tasks are essentially ministerial and do not involve legal work, a new full-time judge may complete their service as a referee in foreclosure, pursuant to a court appointment that was made before the judge assumed the bench. Thus, the judge may, if necessary, conduct closings after January 1st, hold the proceeds in escrow pending a court order directing their release, and seek a court order regarding disposition of unresolved monies remaining in an escrow account.
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By Jane Wester | September 8, 2023
New Civil Liberties Alliance attorney Richard Samp, who represents attorneys Mario Cerame and Timothy Moynahan, said the Connecticut rule is "more terrifying" than the Pennsylvania rule.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 7, 2023
(1) A full-time judge may accept a $10,000 honorarium to serve as a mentor-in-residence at a SUNY/CUNY college, where (a) the duties of the mentor-in-residence over the course of a semester involve guest lecturing in selected courses, meeting with groups of students and faculty on assorted topics, and holding office hours for mentoring students and (b) the college offers the same standard honorarium to any such mentors-in-residence. (2) Whether these activities may take place during regularly scheduled court hours, with time charged to annual leave, are administrative questions to be determined by the appropriate Administrative Judge.
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