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Following JQC Report, Fulton County Court Grants Judge's Motion to Withdraw as Special Master in Contentious Unlawful Eviction Case

Following a report by the state Judicial Qualifications Commission finding one Fulton County judge had acted unethically in previous cases, the judge has withdrawn from his role as special master in a contentious unlawful eviction case in which the plaintiff's attorney has alleged "rampant bias" on the part of the court.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-127

A part-time town justice may serve as a per diem chaplain for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in another county, but must disqualify from any case involving an inmate to whom they rendered pastoral care or assistance.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-126

An Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinator who holds a court attorney-referee title may not engage in political activity, even if they do not currently perform quasi-judicial functions.
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New York Law Journal

Judge Juan Merchan Need Not Recuse Himself in Trump Case, DA Says

"Defendant has a prolific history of baselessly accusing state and federal judges around the country of bias," prosecutors wrote in a new court filing. "Recusal would facilitate an apparent effort by defendant to select his own judge."
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-125

Provided the court attorney-referee can be fair and impartial, the referee is not disqualified from a small claims case merely because (1) both parties were once colleagues of the referee during the referee's former employment as an assistant district attorney and (2) the District Attorney's office interviewed the referee as a fact witness in an unrelated criminal investigation regarding one party.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-124

A judge may attend an annual fund-raising gala equally benefitting Citizens Union and Citizens Union Foundation, as a guest of the judge's partner.
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Daily Report Online

Judge in the Hot Seat: JQC Moves to Block Effort to Dismiss Ethics Charges

The defense argued that because "the clear meaning of 'habitual intemperance' is repeated public intoxication not spoken words," the judge's conduct failed to amount to habitual intemperance.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 22-123

A judge with personal knowledge of an attorney's apparently deliberate misrepresentations to their client about having secured an adjournment, resulting in a default and inquest, and the attorney's subsequent failure to appear when the matter was returned to the calendar, mandate reporting the attorney to the appropriate grievance committee. Reporting may await the conclusion of the proceedings. After making the report, the judge is disqualified in all matters involving the attorney, both while the disciplinary matter is pending and for two years thereafter.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Judiciary Panel Upholds Order That Found Ex-Judge Likely Created Abusive Workplace

Judicial Conference committee rejects former U.S. Magistrate Judge Carmen Garza's petition to revisit a misconduct order.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

City Bar Panel to Debate Potential Ethics Requirements for SCOTUS

Michael Cardozo, a retired Proskauer Rose partner and a former New York City Corporation Counsel, will moderate a virtual panel discussion on Thursday intended to foster debate over the issue.
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