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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-68

A part-time judge may serve on a public hospital board, notwithstanding the board's statutorily delineated inspection, investigative, and reporting functions.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida State Court Judge Faces Public Reprimand for Backlog of Rulings

"This judge is lucky to escape with the recommended public reprimand given the volume of such unresolved cases, even after multiple meetings with the chief judge about clearing the backlog," said Andrew Berman, an ethics expert not involved in the matter.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-67

A part-time town justice may not serve as counsel to the town planning board in the town where the judge sits.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Dallas Judge Reprimanded for Late Rulings, Rescheduling

The commission held that the judge failed to rule on motions in a timely matter in one case and was ordered by a court of appeals to rule on the case motions through two writ of mandamus opinions.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-66

A part-time judge may serve as administrator of the assigned counsel program in a different county from the county where the judge presides.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Something Happened Here': Court Clerk's Ex Parte Meeting With Local Counsel Imperils Upstate Manslaughter Conviction

"Life is different in smaller jurisdictions. It's hard to put aside the desire to get along with and be liked by the people you see every day."
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-65

May a part-time judge who is also employed with a school district be a member of the Classified Employees Association and United Teachers unions, given that these unions are active in politics?
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-64

A full-time judge may not participate in a local bar association's phone bank event where members of the public call in with legal questions.
6 minute read

Law.com

Disbarred Attorney Must Pay $1.3M in Restitution for the 'Most Egregious and Extensive Trust Violation' Commission Has Ever Seen

"In recommending disbarment, the Commission asserted that the scope and magnitude of Doud's ethical failures were 'unequaled in the Commission's collective experience,' and this case proved the most egregious and extensive trust violation and misappropriation/commingling case to ever come before it," the order said.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-62/23-63/23-111

On the facts presented, the inquiring administrative judge has full discretion to determine whether there is a substantial likelihood that a part-time judge has committed a substantial violation of the Rules Governing Judicial Conduct and, if so, what action is appropriate under the circumstances.
8 minute read

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