Judicial Ethics Opinions

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-117

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 7, 2023

    A part-time town or village justice may not simultaneously serve as a Deputy Chief of the Veterans Affairs Police Department.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-116

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 6, 2023

    A part-time attorney judge may not place an advertisement promoting their law practice on a building owned by a local business that frequently appears before the judge.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-115

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 7, 2023

    A judge who has personal knowledge that another judge responded to a law enforcement agency's arrest announcement by publicly praising the agency for "solv[ing] this crime," and also knows that the arrested individual will likely be brought before the other judge for proceedings in the matter, must report the other judge to the Commission on Judicial Conduct.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-114

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 6, 2023

    A judge may serve as the "on-call" judge for a general election when the judge's law clerk is on the ballot, but the law clerk may not assist the judge with any election-related matters.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-113

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 5, 2023

    A judge who reported another judge's alleged misconduct to an administrative judge has no further ethical obligations, unless the inquiring judge concludes that the alleged misconduct seriously calls into question the other judge's fitness as a judge.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-112

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 4, 2023

    A judge must disqualify in matters involving the law firm partners and associates of an attorney who testifies on the judge's behalf in a disciplinary proceeding, both during the proceeding and for two years after its conclusion. During this period, the judge's disqualification is subject to remittal, provided the judge can be fair and impartial and strictly complies with all requirements for remittal.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-110

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 3, 2023

    A part-time judge may not serve on a selection committee that is organized by the sheriff's office for the purpose of interviewing and selecting current corrections officers and supervisors for promotion opportunities.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-109

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | March 31, 2023

    A part-time judge may engage in consulting services to deliver in-person classroom training on workplace violence prevention and other personal safety strategies, outside the county in which the judge presides, to civilian government and non-profit attendees, provided that the judge's judicial title or status is not used or mentioned in any marketing efforts.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-108

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | March 30, 2023

    May a judge preside when a former assistant district attorney who prosecuted the judge's first-degree relative in a criminal matter a decade ago appears on unrelated matters?

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-107

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | March 29, 2023

    Where the advertisements for a bar association's free run/walk will promote a business entity as the sole sponsor of the run/walk as a reward or perk for the entity's sponsorship of an upcoming fund-raiser, a judge (a) may not be advertised as the "run leader" for the run/walk, but (b) may nonetheless appear unannounced and lead the run/walk.

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