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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-114(B)

A full-time judge may attend a law firm's online "launch party" hosted by an attorney and law firm who do not appear before the judge.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-114(A)

A judge may disclose the judge's own preferred gender pronouns in the judge's email signature block and during a virtual proceeding in which the judge presides.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-112

A part-time town justice may serve as "Judge Advocate" for the American Legion.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-104

Where it is legally appropriate to do so, a judge may broadly solicit participation by potential amici curiae by issuing a notice to the bar that will be (a) electronically filed, (b) sent to the New York Law Journal for publication and (c) sent to bar associations and/or committees. Any such notice must be consistent with generally applicable limitations on judicial speech and conduct, including the judge's obligation to maintain public confidence in the judge's impartiality, integrity, and independence.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-154

A full-time judge (1) may hold shares in a family-held limited liability company that owns real estate, and participate in management of the company's real estate investment, but (2) must not manage, operate, or otherwise actively participate in a family-held bar business that operates on the company's real estate.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-153

A judge who receives a message from another judge asking them to consider a fine for an acquaintance lower than the fine the prosecutor is recommending must report the other judge to the Commission on Judicial Conduct.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-152

A judge may attend a local "Survivors Group," composed of domestic violence victims, to better understand the difficulties encountered by victims of domestic violence, so long as no member of the group is a victim or witness in a matter currently pending before the judge.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-151

A new part-time judge who previously represented clients as a non- supervisory assistant public defender: (a) is permanently disqualified, without the possibility of remittal, in any case where the judge previously participated as an attorney and (b) is disqualified, subject to remittal, from all matters involving their former clients, for two years after the attorney-client relationship completely ends.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-150

A judge may accept a law firm's offer of pro bono representation for the purpose of filing a lawsuit to challenge the Unified Court System's vaccine mandates, where the law firm has not come and is not likely to come before the judge, subject to a reporting requirement if the value of the waived legal fees exceeds $150. The judge, however, may not disseminate a blanket email to all judges asking if any are interested in joining the proposed lawsuit.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-149

A judge may allow their court staff to solicit lawyers for voluntary pro bono representation of defendants in consumer debt cases, provided the judge avoids the appearance of coercing attorneys to participate in such representation.
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