Judges may be in the best position to critique an attorney’s courtroom performance. But they must be careful how and when they offer feedback or they could face professional discipline.

Those are the findings of draft guidance released Friday by the California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions. The public has until Nov. 17 to comment on the proposed opinion. The committee will then decide whether to release the opinion as written, modify it or withdraw it.

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