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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-213

A judge with personal knowledge that an attorney knowingly assisted a client in effectuating a transfer of disputed real estate under false pretenses must report the misconduct to the appropriate grievance committee.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-212

A full-time judge may not serve on the advisory board of the Center for Court Innovation, given that the Center regularly provides program alternatives to detention and incarceration for criminal defendants.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-18

Once the judge's law clerk's first-degree relative retires and terminates their prior business and financial relationship with a law firm, the judge need not insulate the law clerk from new matters involving that law firm.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-17

Where a new full-time judge was previously a law firm partner and took a loan from the firm's 401(k) profit sharing plan, the judge may remain in the plan temporarily in order to pay back the loan and receive the plan's annual employer matching contribution based on the judge's prior legal work and earnings.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-13

A new full-time judge may engage in activities designed to wind down their prior law practice and collect previously earned legal fees, including billing an assigned counsel program for services "as an attorney" and complying with the requirements of a state administrative agency to obtain payment on previously awarded legal fees.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-11

A judge may volunteer as a participant in a COVID-19 study conducted by a hospital and may accept the same modest per-visit compensation as other participants.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-05

A judge must not preside in a criminal case that has been transferred to drug treatment court where the judge entered a single appearance as the prosecutor in the underlying criminal case.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-04

A judge has no ethical obligation to vacate their decision in a criminal case, merely because the defendant was the judge's student several decades ago and they remain friendly acquaintances.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-215

A full-time judge may participate, without compensation, as an interviewee and consultant for a commercially- produced documentary concerning a case the judge prosecuted several decades ago, provided the case has completely terminated and no related proceedings are pending or impending.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-211

Where a judge's spouse supervises assistant county attorneys in family court neglect and abuse cases, and a criminal case before the judge has material and relevant connections to a family court neglect and abuse case, if the judge's spouse is either directly involved or supervising assistant county attorneys in the "related" case, the judge must disclose the connection and their spouse's role, but need not disqualify unless a party is appearing without counsel.
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