Judicial Ethics Opinions

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-141

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 8, 2022

    A village justice should not permit a local police officer to simultaneously serve in dual roles as the court security officer and as a prosecutor/witness at the same court session.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-139

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 7, 2022

    May a village justice provide the village clerk a list of summonses issued for the month, to be presented to a village board of trustees?

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-138

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 6, 2022

    Where a judge reported to court administrators that a part-time attorney judge inappropriately appeared as a prosecutor, and was advised that the District Administrative Judge has addressed the matter, the judge need not take any further action.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-137

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 5, 2022

    May a court attorney-referee report a litigant to the DA's office for perjury?

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-136

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 2, 2022

    A full-time judge may not serve as an advisory board member of a recovery center and youth clubhouse affiliated with a CASA program, for which the inquiring judge makes referrals as the county-wide substance abuse treatment court.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-135

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 1, 2022

    May a judge conduct off-hour arraignments at a county jail, pursuant to a proposed county-wide change in arraignment procedures?

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-134

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 31, 2022

    A village justice may send a mailing to village residents detailing, and limited to, the court's jurisdiction and the types of cases heard in the village court, as it is limited to the law, the legal system, and the administration of justice.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-133

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 30, 2022

    Where a part-time lawyer judge is representing a client on a litigated matter, may the judge respond to media requests for information and comment on that matter?

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-132

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 26, 2022

    A part-time lawyer judge who was assigned as a special prosecutor before assuming the bench, and did not seek to withdraw or be relieved as special prosecutor on assuming the bench, may request and accept permissible legal fees and disbursements for prosecutorial work performed before assuming the bench, but may not accept compensation for prosecutorial work performed after assuming the bench.

  • New York Law Journal | News

    Town Justice Resigns Amid Ethics Probe

    By Jason Grant | May 13, 2022

    According to the judicial-conduct commission's administrator, there was no evidence of theft committed by the judge. The commission noted the judge previously had been disciplined twice, including for sending a letter to a criminal judge and a district attorney in which he "vouch[ed] for the defendant's character, referring repeatedly to his judicial office."

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