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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-167

There is no ethical incompatibility between foster parenthood and part-time judicial office.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-179

A judge may not send a letter describing the court's issuance of a bench warrant, where defense counsel has suggested the warrant was improper and could result in civil liability.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-178

May a full-time judge, who served as a referee in foreclosure before assuming the bench, continue to hold the monies in escrow pending a court order directing their release?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-184

May a multi-bench judge accept an award for domestic violence awareness month in their capacity as a treatment court judge, from a not-for-profit legal advocacy group that sometimes appears before the judge in family court?
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-181

Must a judge take any action with respect to the submissions of a town justice in support of a town court clerk's pistol permit application?
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-175

May a quasi-judicial full-time employee accept part-time employment with a private agency doing remote legal document review?
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-171

May a judge make a charitable donation to a 501(c)(3) living history farm for educational agricultural programming and participate in a not-for-profit fund-raising drive for cancer research?
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-169

Must a judge, upon being sworn in as Surrogate, resign from his/her current position as trustee of the local community college?
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-164

Whether or not a judge may hold two part-time judicial positions in the same municipal court is a legal question beyond this Committee's jurisdiction.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-163

Provided the Surrogate can be fair and impartial, they need not disqualify in matters involving the Public Administrator's office merely because they relieved the PA of certain duties.
5 minute read

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