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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-125

May a judge whose spouse is the local Conflict Defender preside over matters involving their spouse's subordinates?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-124

A full-time judge may serve as a "fire officer" or "trustee" for a not-for-profit volunteer fire department, provided the position does not confer peace officer or police officer status, does not involve investigative responsibilities or working with law enforcement, and does not involve the judge with fund-raising.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-123

A full-time court attorney-referee who receives a commission of over $150 for serving as executor of a family member's estate must report it to the clerk of the court as required by Section 100.4(H)(2).
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-122

Where an attorney recently provided brief and preliminary legal advice to the judge's law clerk's child, the judge may preside in unrelated matters where the attorney appears without disclosure or insulation of the law clerk.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-118

May a full-time judge serve on a community advisory committee for a religiously affiliated not-for-profit nursing home?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-178

A town justice may not simultaneously serve as the director of a non-profit civil legal services agency where the judge's responsibilities include overseeing attorneys and advocates who are likely to appear in the judge's court in summary eviction proceedings.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-177

May a judge, at the request of an assistant district attorney who regularly appears before them, write a letter of recommendation in support of the attorney's application for employment as a federal prosecutor?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-175

When a village trustee resigns to take office as village justice, is he/she required to disqualify whenever the village attorney appears and/or in all cases involving village laws or ordinances?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-176

Where the court's chief clerk has filed a criminal complaint against a litigant for making threats against the clerk, whether the judge must recuse from the litigant's pending matters is a discretionary decision to be guided by the judge's conscience.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-174

(1) Provided the judge can be fair and impartial in the underlying criminal case, the judge need not disqualify if the judge or their law clerk cooperate as fact witnesses in a police investigation concerning a bench conference in which an active state trooper was identified solely as defense counsel's "associate." (2) The judge also need not insulate the law clerk, provided the judge is satisfied the law clerk can be fair and impartial.
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