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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-15(A)

A new full-time judge may (1) maintain a mailbox at their prior office address; (2) dispose of wills prepared while an attorney, as permitted by law; and (3) be reimbursed for expenses incurred before assuming the bench while handling a matter as an attorney.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-14

May a new full-time judge continue to serve as a part-time seasonal lifeguard with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and receive compensation?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-13

A judge may serve as chair of a bar association subcommittee that seeks to improve racial equity in the Unified Court System.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-12

A new town judge, who can no longer represent an existing client on a nearly completed matter that originated in the town court, may agree to pay the successor attorney a portion of the original retainer.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-11

May a new part-time judge continue to: (1) serve as a notary public after taking the bench; (2) maintain a real estate brokers license; (3) own real estate rental properties, whether individually or with their siblings, and either directly or as a member of an LLC; (4) own an ATM business together with another individual, where the business owns several ATMs placed in local businesses and the judge stocks the ATMs and receives income from the surcharges paid by the customer?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-10

Is a judge disqualified from cases filed by a law firm in which their second cousin is a partner?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-09

A part-time judge may also serve as a deputy district executive in the same judicial district, subject to applicable administrative approvals.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-07

A new full-time judge (1) need not file a disclosure with the court clerk under 22 NYCRR 100.4(H) for income earned before assuming the bench; (2) may make a modest donation to an animal shelter on behalf of a former client in connection with the closing of the judge's law practice; (3) may give another judge an artwork created by a former client.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-06

A full-time judge may volunteer as a rescue diver for a county's water rescue/scuba team, where the dive team members are not county employees and are not concerned with issues of fact or policy. However, the judge's judicial duties must take precedence over this extra-judicial activity.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-05

A part-time judge may serve as an applications systems analyst for the university police of a private, not-for-profit university in another county.
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