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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 31, 2024
1) A part-time judge who is a private investigator (a) may conduct surveillance and write reports for school districts in another county concerning extended sick leave employees, but (b) may not conduct investigations for a college regarding allegations of sexual harassment/assault. (2) A part-time judge may, as an instructor for a private company, present training to law enforcement regarding implicit bias and other types of biases.
By Jimmy Hoover | July 31, 2024
"Amending the Constitution of the United States is something between logistically extremely difficult and practically impossible, especially about a contested issue," said Fordham University law professor Aaron Saiger.
By Charles Toutant | July 31, 2024
Louis J. Korngut, in an answer, admitted some of the allegations and disputed others. He said he attended the police chief's retirement party only for a few minutes. He said he only visited Hooters once, with his court staff.
By Cedra Mayfield | July 31, 2024
"Judge Reeves is an excellent jurist, who also freely acknowledges and learns from his mistakes," said respondent counsel S. Lester Tate III of Akin & Tate in Cartersville. "He looks forward to continuing to serve the people of Georgia on the Superior Court bench."
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 30, 2024
A judge may not participate as a panelist in a bar association's Continuing Legal Education program about a recently settled civil action in which the judge presided, together with attorneys who appeared in the case, unless: (1) the time for appeals has expired; (2) no collateral proceedings are reasonably foreseeable; and (3) the panel includes attorneys from both the plaintiff's side and the defense side.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 29, 2024
(1) A judicial candidate may use the ActBlue online payment system to purchase tickets to attend a variety of political fund-raising events within the applicable window period, subject to the usual limitations on price and number of tickets for each event. (2) The candidate must exercise caution to avoid adding an optional tip or agreeing to make a recurring payment, and should carefully review the online payment screen for any note or indication that a portion of their payment will be sent to additional recipients or used for a purpose other than the political event for which the candidate intends to purchase tickets.
By Jimmy Hoover | July 29, 2024
The president's proposal calls for term limits for justices, a binding ethics code and a constitutional amendment to overturn the court's recent ruling on presidential immunity.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 28, 2024
A full-time court attorney-referee would like to return to the practice of law after retiring from the Unified Court System and asks if there are any judicial ethics impediments to doing so. The referee also asks about appearing before certain judges and receiving court appointments.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 25, 2024
A full-time court attorney-referee asks if it is ethically permissible to purchase a home at a court-conducted auction or in an online auction, in a county different from the one where the referee works.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 24, 2024
A part-time judge who serves as part-time counsel to a county legislature, representing the entire legislative body, may not ordinarily attend or participate in any caucus meetings. However, the judge may enter such meetings on an issue-by-issue basis to provide a legal opinion on a legal or procedural issue, provided the judge's activities are clearly identifiable as those of an attorney representing a client and not as partisan political activity.
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