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Judge Admits to Judicial Misconduct as Charged, but Denies Willful Misconduct

Respondent counsel for Chatham County Probate Judge Thomas C. Bordeaux Jr. disagreed the jurist's conduct "amount[ed] to willful misconduct in office; a willful and persistent failure to perform the duties of office; and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-54

A judge may permit their principal court attorney to serve on a town zoning board of appeals. Where the position is a compensated one, the judge should direct the court attorney to seek guidance from the Nonjudicial Ethics Helpline.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-53

An appellate judge may not speak at a victim impact panel in a county within the judge's jurisdiction.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-52

A judge who was a supervising assistant district attorney while the district attorney's office investigated allegations of professional misconduct by an attorney colleague, but who was not involved in investigating or referring the attorney for discipline, is not disqualified from matters in which the attorney appears unless the judge believes he/she cannot be fair and impartial in those cases.
4 minute read

Law.com

State Appellate Court Orders New Trial After Judge Denies Rescheduling, Despite Counsel's Health Emergency

On appeal from the Cook County Circuit Court, the manager of Onward restaurant in Chicago argued that trial judge Robert F. Harris wrongly denied his motion for continuance to push back a jury trial because his attorney was injured and required surgery just prior to the start date.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-51

A town justice may permit a town employee, who is paid out of both the judicial budget and the town budget and is expressly subject to the town justice's supervision and control, to transport court funds to the bank for deposit, notwithstanding that the employee is also tasked with depositing other town funds into other bank accounts.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-50

A judge presiding in a drug treatment court may engage in ex parte communications with the court's resource coordinator. If the content involves outside information obtained from a non-court source, then notice should be given to the defense attorney. Otherwise there is no need to disclose the content of those communications to court participants.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Sonoma County Judge Disciplined for Diving Too Far Into Local School Debate

The Commission on Judicial Performance said Superior Court Judge James Bertoli violated canons barring judges from engaging in certain political activities.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Misconduct Watchdog Says Central NY Judge Set to Resign Amid Probe Into Alleged Mishandling of Protection Order

A town and village justice from Wayne County, was being investigated for improperly issuing a protective order. She agreed to step down on Dec. 31.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-48

Opinion 24-48 A part-time judge may serve (1) as an officer and director of a local cooperative extension association, provided the association does not operate any programs to which the court may make referrals; (2) on a not-for-profit endowment advisory committee which awards grants to a variety of not-for-profit community groups.
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