Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates
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Atlanta,
GA 30308(470) 294-1674
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 27, 2022
(1) An associate village justice may not simultaneously serve as deputy clerk/treasurer for the village. (2) An associate village justice may serve as (a) deputy clerk/treasurer for the town which encompasses the village, (b) deputy registrar of vital statistics for the village and/or (c) deputy registrar of vital Statistics for the town. (3) A judge may observe court sessions over which other judges preside for educational purposes, whether as part of a formal Unified Court System mentor program or informally, subject to any applicable rule and statute limitations.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 26, 2022
May a judge preside in a matter involving their spouse's former client?
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 25, 2022
A full-time judge may chair the board of directors of a local YMCA. The judge's name and position may be listed together with other board members in similar fashion on the organization's website and fund-raising invitations, unless the formatting reasonably creates an impression for fund-raising purposes that the directors, collectively and/or individually, are personally soliciting funds.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 22, 2022
A full-time judge may serve as president of a local YMCA and serve on its multi-task capital project committee consistent with generally applicable limitations on judicial speech and conduct, but must not personally participate in fund-raising or grant applications or provide legal advice.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 21, 2022
On the facts presented, a new full-time judge may continue to negotiate with their former law firm regarding the disposition of a limited liability company in which they both own a 50% interest, as long as negotiations are in good faith by both sides and the judge continues to take no active role in management of the building or operation of the business.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 20, 2022
Where a judge's first-degree relative is an entry-level staff attorney with a not-for-profit legal services provider, in a division or unit that has absolutely no involvement in the kinds of matters that come before the judge's court, the judge may preside in matters involving other attorneys of the same legal services provider. Neither disclosure nor disqualification is required, as long as the judge is satisfied their relative has had, and is likely to have, absolutely no involvement with the case.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 19, 2022
A full-time judge, previously employed as an attorney in a not-for-profit labor union's legal services office, and who upon retirement will be eligible for a pension and medical benefits through the union is permanently disqualified in cases where the judge participated in any way as an attorney, whether in a personal or supervisory capacity.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 18, 2022
A full-time judge is prohibited from serving as a member of the board of directors for the New York Civil Liberties Union.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 15, 2022
Whether a judge must or may conduct an inquiry into a potential conflict of interest arising from the pending prosecution of a criminal defense attorney presents a legal question beyond the jurisdiction of this Committee.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 8, 2022
May a judge, who previously served as a prosecutor in the court where they now preside (1) sign "post dispositional documents" such as probation transfers, warrants, declaration of delinquencies, Securing Orders/Orders to Produce; and (2) conduct an arraignment of a particular individual in a matter where the judge would ordinarily be disqualified, and then "upon completion of the arraignment immediately disqualify" from the matter?
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