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.
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?
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.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | June 5, 2022
May a court attorney-referee report a litigant to the DA's office for perjury?
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.
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?
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.
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?
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.
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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