Judicial Ethics Opinions

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-68

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 25, 2020

    A town justice may preside in matters involving the public defender's office where his/her spouse works as an eligibility investigator, provided he/she discloses his/her spouse's employment.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-54

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 25, 2020

    A part-time judge may serve as the security manager for a local racetrack, which is outside the jurisdiction of his/her court.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-58

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 12, 2020

    A part-time lawyer judge must not publish his/her judicial decisions on his/her personal social media website.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-50

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 11, 2020

    A part-time town judge may serve on the town's board of assessment review and its strictly advisory historical preservation commission, subject to disqualification in any matters involving these entities or their determinations or recommendations.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-45

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 10, 2020

    A full-time judge may serve on the board of a not-for-profit entity that runs community-based health care facilities, provided it and its affiliated hospital are not likely to be engaged regularly in adversary proceedings in any court.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-38

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 6, 2020

    A judge may discuss pending or impending matters with other judges and court clerks at a magistrate's association meeting, assuming this is a confidential setting with no others present.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-43

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 6, 2020

    A judge who headed the DSS legal department as the senior social services attorney is disqualified from all cases in which the judge participated.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-34/20-35

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 31, 2020

    The judge need not disqualify him/herself from matters involving a filed disciplinary complaint against a judge, if the Commission on Judicial Conduct has not issued a formal written complaint.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-36

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 31, 2020

    A judge need not disqualify him/herself from issuing a decision in a small claims matter because his/her relative applied for employment with the law firm that appeared at the hearing.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 20-92/20-93

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 30, 2020

    A judge may not participate in a silent "walk for justice."

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