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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-110

Where proceedings involving the town, its highway department, or the highway department's employees are very rare in the town court, a town justice may represent the town in collective bargaining negotiations with the union representing the town's highway department personnel. However, the judge must disqualify in all matters where the town is a party both for the duration of the representation and for two years after it completely ends.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-108

Whether or not a judge may unilaterally substitute the owner/registrant for the operator of an alleged overweight vehicle is a legal question, which is beyond this Committee's jurisdiction. Similarly, whether or not any or all of the interested parties need to request or consent to the substitution is also a legal question beyond the jurisdiction of this Committee.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-107

Provided the judge can be fair and impartial, a judge need not disqualify from all cases involving a former opposing counsel, even though the judge had, as an attorney, criticized the opposing counsel's conduct in a letter to the tribunal.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-106

Although it is more efficient for a court clerk to request a "long form information" from an arresting agency to support the issuance of an arrest warrant, this is a prosecutorial task and using the court's staff and database for this purpose is ethically impermissible.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-109

May a full-time judge serve on the board of directors of a local not-for-profit organization which provides educational programs to children and adults with autism?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-105

Is it ethically permissible to accept and decide a "universal motion" from the District Attorney to dismiss certain specified marijuana charges, pursuant to a change in the Penal Law, "in lieu of requiring the submission of a written disposition for every arrest?"
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-103

May a full-time judge serve on the board of councilors for a private law school in another state?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-102

Must a sitting judge resign from both part-time judicial positions currently held on announcing candidacy for an elective non-judicial position?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-101

A town justice whose spouse is the mayor of a village within the town 
is disqualified, without the possibility of remittal, in matters where the judge's spouse is expected to testify or is a named party.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-100

The Rules Governing Judicial Conduct do not preclude two part-time lawyer judges who preside in the same court from representing two potentially adverse parties in a proceeding before a full-time judge in another court.
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