By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 27, 2020
Must a judge report to the District Attorney that a non-party appeared as counsel in a case before them in violation of Judiciary Law §478?
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 27, 2020
A judge and first-degree family member, as co-fiduciaries for a family trust, retain a lawyer to negotiate terms in a contract involving the trust. May the judge preside over a case in which that attorney appears?
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 27, 2020
May a judge serve as the chair of a strategic planning committee for a private not-for-profit school his or her children attend?
By Dan M. Clark | September 26, 2018
“He never intended any offense through any statements he made as a judge and he is proud of what he accomplished on the bench,” his attorney said.
New York Law Journal | In Brief|News
By Dan M. Clark | July 25, 2018
John Skinner, a justice of the Columbia Town Court, delayed the hearing for more than a year and did not mechanically record court proceedings for more than eight years, according to the commission.
By Colby Hamilton | April 23, 2018
Kenneth Lafave resigned in March over claims he behaved inappropriately from the bench during a 2016 eviction case.
New York Law Journal | In Brief
By Susan DeSantis | April 3, 2018
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has appointed Bronx attorney Marvin Ray Raskin to a four-year term on the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
By Colby Hamilton | March 14, 2018
Judge Crotty said the repercussions for attorney Joshua Paul's actions sufficed as proper punishment.
By Andrew Denney | February 8, 2018
Beekmantown Town Justice Susan Castine, who was under investigation for allegedly permitting unsworn testimony, making statements indicating that she prejudged a defendant as guilty before a trial began and other infractions, has resigned.
By Jason Grant | January 9, 2018
A unanimous appeals panel censured lawyer Jeffrey Leighton, even though there is apparently no precedent for a censure when the clients aren't cheated.
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