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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 23, 2025
A part-time justice may accept employment as an assistant public defender in another county and appear in family court, but must not preside in any matter where another attorney from the same public defender’s office appears.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 22, 2025
A judge may participate in the activities of not-for-profit veterans’ organizations, provided the judge does not personally solicit funds or permit his/her judicial status to be used for fund-raising purposes. A judge may donate to these organizations and may also identify veterans who can benefit from the services they offer.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 21, 2025
A quasi-judicial official may not accept an offer to stay at the vacation home of an attorney who regularly appears before him/her.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 17, 2025
A full-time judge whose docket consists mostly of claims against the State of New York and medical malpractice cases asks if the judge may serve on the board of directors of a not-for-profit organization that provides services to high-risk individuals and families with behavioral health challenges. The organization is not engaged in proceedings that would normally come before the judge’s court, nor regularly engaged in adversarial proceedings in any court, and the inquirer believes that no court appointments are made to the organization or its programs.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 16, 2025
A judge may attend the NAACP’s national convention as a member of the organization but (a) may not engage in any partisan political activity, (b) may not serve as a delegate or voting member or otherwise assume any leadership role, and (c) must not associate him/herself with organizational positions on matters of public controversy.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 15, 2025
A town justice who is a notary public may notarize documents as part of his/her duties as appointed village treasurer, provided he/she does so strictly as a notary public without reference to his/her judicial title or status.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 14, 2025
Where a not-for-profit entity engages in some activities clearly permissible for judges as well as some potentially controversial lobbying, advocacy, and litigation activities, a judge or quasi-judicial official may not participate in a voter hotline organized by that entity.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 13, 2025
(1) Although a judge may not voluntarily provide a character reference at the request of the applicant for a pistol permit, a judge with relevant personal knowledge, who is not a firearm licensing officer, may permit the applicant to list the judge as a character reference in connection with his/her pistol permit application. Should the firearm licensing officer then choose to contact the judge for information about the applicant’s character, the judge may respond to the licensing officer’s questions based on personal knowledge. (2) A judge who is a firearm licensing officer may not authorize an applicant for a pistol permit to list him/her as a reference on their pistol permit application.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 10, 2025
A judge may provide a loan to a friend who is seeking money to start a personal fitness business, where the loan will be repaid to the judge with interest and the judge will not be a partner in the business nor have an equity share or active participation in running the business as a director, manager, or advisor.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 9, 2025
On the specific facts presented, a judge who is advised by the authorities that the judge’s adult child repeatedly invoked the judge’s name and judicial status in an effort to avoid arrest and criminal charges should notify the judge’s child in writing to cease using the judge’s name in such circumstances.
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