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Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-128

A part-time town justice may not maintain employment as an "asset protection specialist" for a large retail chain.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-127

A part-time town justice may serve as a per diem chaplain for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in another county, but must disqualify from any case involving an inmate to whom they rendered pastoral care or assistance.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-126

An Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinator who holds a court attorney-referee title may not engage in political activity, even if they do not currently perform quasi-judicial functions.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-125

Provided the court attorney-referee can be fair and impartial, the referee is not disqualified from a small claims case merely because (1) both parties were once colleagues of the referee during the referee's former employment as an assistant district attorney and (2) the District Attorney's office interviewed the referee as a fact witness in an unrelated criminal investigation regarding one party.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-124

A judge may attend an annual fund-raising gala equally benefitting Citizens Union and Citizens Union Foundation, as a guest of the judge's partner.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-123

A judge with personal knowledge of an attorney's apparently deliberate misrepresentations to their client about having secured an adjournment, resulting in a default and inquest, and the attorney's subsequent failure to appear when the matter was returned to the calendar, mandate reporting the attorney to the appropriate grievance committee. Reporting may await the conclusion of the proceedings. After making the report, the judge is disqualified in all matters involving the attorney, both while the disciplinary matter is pending and for two years thereafter.
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New York Law Journal

'Cannot Reasonably Be Questioned': Judicial Ethics Committee Says Merchan's Impartiality Is Unimpaired

In an advisory opinion, an ethics panel said Judge Juan Merchan should be able to continue to presiding over litigation in the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-122

(1) Where a judge receives a letter from an assistant district attorney in which the attorney (a) admits secretly altering the supporting materials for a wiretap and ping order after the judge signed the order, (b) urges federal prosecutors not to use or rely on any evidence obtained from the order, and (c) urges federal prosecutors to share the letter with defendants and the court, the judge must report the attorney to the grievance committee. (2) After reporting the assistant district attorney, the judge must disqualify in all cases involving that attorney both while the disciplinary matter is pending and for two years thereafter.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-120

It would be improper for the constable who serves as the administrator and apparent head of the town constabulary to provide court security for the town court.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-118

A judge who previously served as the District Attorney may not preside over a parole recognizance hearing concerning a parolee or releasee who had originally been convicted and sentenced during the judge's former tenure as the District Attorney.
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