By Committee on Judicial Ethics | November 21, 2021
Is it ethically permissible to accept and decide a "universal motion" from the District Attorney to dismiss certain specified marijuana charges, pursuant to a change in the Penal Law, "in lieu of requiring the submission of a written disposition for every arrest?"
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | November 14, 2021
May a full-time judge serve on the board of councilors for a private law school in another state?
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | November 11, 2021
Must a sitting judge resign from both part-time judicial positions currently held on announcing candidacy for an elective non-judicial position?
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | November 8, 2021
A town justice whose spouse is the mayor of a village within the town is disqualified, without the possibility of remittal, in matters where the judge's spouse is expected to testify or is a named party.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | November 5, 2021
The Rules Governing Judicial Conduct do not preclude two part-time lawyer judges who preside in the same court from representing two potentially adverse parties in a proceeding before a full-time judge in another court.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | November 4, 2021
A judge may not monitor police communications on police scanners or police scanner apps for the purpose of learning who has been arrested in the judge's jurisdiction and will likely come before the judge's court, as such activity deliberately and purposefully exposes the judge to ex parte information about pending or impending cases in the judge's court, exclusively from a law enforcement perspective.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | November 3, 2021
On these facts, a full-time judge need not report the described financial transactions under Section 100.4(H)(2). The judge should consult the Unified Court System's Ethics Commission concerning whether and how to report them under Part 40.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | November 2, 2021
The Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics declined to comment on the appropriate scope of disclosure of a recusing judge under Judiciary Law § 9, as this is a legal question beyond its jurisdiction.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | November 1, 2021
May a full-time judge provide, at the request of a lawyer representing the estate of a former client the judge knew professionally for many years, a "family tree affidavit" to be submitted in Surrogate's Court?
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 29, 2021
May a judge attend, as a guest of the judge's prosecutor spouse, the purely social aspects of a multi-day annual prosecutors' conference, located in another part of the state?
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