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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-181

A full-time judge may hire a fifth-degree relative as their secretary.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-180

May a judicial association "make a financial donation to a nonprofit organization that local courts often include as a required condition of pretrial or post-conviction decisions," in the name of a former member who worked closely with the organization on retiring from the judiciary? May a judge personally, as an individual, make charitable contributions to this same nonprofit organization?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-179

A full-time judge (1) may serve on the board of a not-for-profit organization that seeks to empower people with disabilities to live as independently as possible and works with criminal justice organizations to improve public safety and the delivery of justice but (2) may not serve on the legislative taskforce of a not-for-profit organization that seeks to develop independent living spaces for individuals with disabilities.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-166

Although a full-time judge may serve on the board of trustees of a not-for-profit private school, the judge (1) may not serve on the board's audit/risk committee, (2) may not solicit a legal opinion from an attorney on behalf of the board, and (3) may not negotiate a discounted fee with an attorney or law firm for legal services to the school.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-165

Where court staff have relayed to a judge certain remarks made openly by a physician witness while waiting for the case to be called, and the judge concludes those remarks reflect gender and other bias and a lack of professionalism to a level that could directly impact the doctor's credibility and/or might be relevant in evaluating the conclusions reached in the physician's report, the judge (a) may, but need not, report the remarks to an appropriate authority, and (b) must disclose the remarks to all parties so that they may be heard on the matter.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-164

Provided the judge is satisfied they can be fair and impartial, the judge may preside in a case where the plaintiff is an attorney who frequently appears before the judge and was previously co-counsel with the judge's sibling on several discrete cases.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-163

A town justice may consent to hiring a part-time court clerk who would, if hired, continue their current employment as a senior account clerk, in a strictly clerical capacity, in the payroll department for the county sheriff's office. However, the judge must instruct the court clerk to advise the judge if the clerk's non-judicial employment duties change materially.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-161

On the facts presented, a part-time judge may not serve on the board of a reentry services organization that engages in advocacy and takes positions on controversial issues.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-160

May a judge with relevant personal knowledge write a letter supporting a nonjudicial court employee's request for a promotion?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-159

May a judge who is a disabled veteran become a regular member of the not-for-profit charitable entity, Disabled Veterans of America?
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