Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates
P.C.
75 Ponce De Leon Ave NE Ste 101
Atlanta,
GA 30308(470) 294-1674
www.garymartinhays.com
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 26, 2022
A judge who receives a message from another judge asking them to consider a fine for an acquaintance lower than the fine the prosecutor is recommending must report the other judge to the Commission on Judicial Conduct.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 22, 2022
A judge may attend a local "Survivors Group," composed of domestic violence victims, to better understand the difficulties encountered by victims of domestic violence, so long as no member of the group is a victim or witness in a matter currently pending before the judge.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 21, 2022
A new part-time judge who previously represented clients as a non- supervisory assistant public defender: (a) is permanently disqualified, without the possibility of remittal, in any case where the judge previously participated as an attorney and (b) is disqualified, subject to remittal, from all matters involving their former clients, for two years after the attorney-client relationship completely ends.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 20, 2022
A judge may accept a law firm's offer of pro bono representation for the purpose of filing a lawsuit to challenge the Unified Court System's vaccine mandates, where the law firm has not come and is not likely to come before the judge, subject to a reporting requirement if the value of the waived legal fees exceeds $150. The judge, however, may not disseminate a blanket email to all judges asking if any are interested in joining the proposed lawsuit.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 16, 2022
A judge may allow their court staff to solicit lawyers for voluntary pro bono representation of defendants in consumer debt cases, provided the judge avoids the appearance of coercing attorneys to participate in such representation.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 15, 2022
May a part-time city judge simultaneously serve as an assistant county attorney handling child welfare matters?
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 14, 2022
An appointed judge whose second-degree relative is presently incarcerated or on parole for a sex offense may preside in other sex offense cases, provided the judge can be fair and impartial, and need not make any disclosure to the parties.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 13, 2022
Where a judge has learned in the course of the judge's official judicial duties that another court may have the current address information of an individual who has failed to pay outstanding fines, and the judge has made a good-faith legal determination concerning the lawfulness of issuing a new or amended bench warrant for the individual's arrest for non-payment of outstanding fines using the new address, the judge may contact the other court and request the defendant's address as information of public record.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 12, 2022
A part-time attorney judge may not represent a police benevolent association, whether in a non-adjoining town in the same county or in a village in another county, as an appearance of impropriety would be created, based on a perception that the judge is too closely aligned with law enforcement interests.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 9, 2022
Judges may attend a conference co-sponsored by a non-political, not-for-profit charitable and educational organization as well as by the New York State Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force.
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