The Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics responds to written inquiries from New York state's approximately 3,600 judges and justices, as well as hundreds of judicial hearing officers, support magistrates, court attorney-referees, and judicial candidates (both judges and non-judges seeking election to judicial office). The committee interprets the Rules Governing Judicial Conduct (22 NYCRR Part 100) and, to the extent applicable, the Code of Judicial Conduct. The committee consists of 27 current and retired judges, and is co-chaired by the Honorable Margaret Walsh, a justice of the supreme court, and the Honorable Lillian Wan, a court of claims judge and acting supreme court justice.

Digest: A principal court attorney who hears and reports cases in foreclosure and matrimonial matters may not serve as executor of a former client's estate, unless they establish to the Chief Administrative Judge's satisfaction that they maintained a "longstanding personal relationship of trust and confidence" with the decedent and the Chief Administrative Judge approves the appointment in writing.

Rules: 22 NYCRR 100.2; 100.2(A); 100.4(E)(1); 100.4(G); 100.6(A); Opinions 18-180; 13-133; 11-125; 11-117; 90-86.