I am running for judicial office next year. A lawyer has just recently given me $2,500 for my Common Pleas Court race. Will I have to recuse myself if I am elected and the lawyer appears before me?
The rules for disqualification by a judge in reference to contributions received during a campaign are set forth under the Code of Judicial Conduct Rule 211(a)(4). That rule notes a judge should disqualify himself or herself if the judge learns that a lawyer or party appearing before him has made a direct or indirect contribution to the judge’s campaign. But, the critical language is the contribution has to be in “an amount that would raise a reasonable concern about the fairness or the impartiality of the judge’s consideration of a case involving the party, the party’s lawyer, or the law firm of the party.”
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