Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-237
A full-time judge may serve on a Department of Criminal Justice Services advisory board that will make recommendations about distributing federal funds, provided that (1) the advisory board's membership is balanced and (2) the judge's involvement is limited to reviewing and making recommendations on distributing funds to the courts, and not to law enforcement organizations.
September 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM
6 minute read
Judicial Ethics OpinionsThe 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 28 current and retired judges, and is co-chaired by the Honorable Debra L. Givens, an acting justice of the supreme court in Erie County, and the Honorable Lillian Wan, an associate justice of the appellate division, second department.
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View AllLaw Firms Mentioned
Trending Stories
- 1The Law Firm Disrupted: For Big Law Names, Shorter is Sweeter
- 2NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted on Public Corruption Allegations
- 3'I'm Staying Everything': Texas Bankruptcy Judge Halts Talc Trials Against J&J
- 4Conduct Board Urges 'Swift and Severe Punishment' for Phila. Judge's Facebook Posts
- 5What We Know About the Kentucky Judge Killed in His Chambers
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250