Judicial Ethics Opinions

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-100

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 14, 2024

    May a full-time judge invest in a cannabis company which has an active state license to operate a retail dispensary in New York? May the judge's spouse and other relatives, who are neither judges nor employees of the Unified Court System, invest in, consult for, or be employed by a cannabis company?

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-99

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 11, 2024

    On these facts, as candidates for a non-judicial office have made the judge's ethical obligations an issue in their election campaign and any attempt by the judge to correct the record will be readily perceived as partisan political activity, the judge must abstain from direct or indirect public comment on the situation.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-98

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 10, 2024

    May a judicial association honor an elected official at a non-fund-raising event for their role in increasing diversity in the judiciary, provided the event is not political?

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-97

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 9, 2024

    Must a part-time town justice, who is also a full-time law clerk to a county court judge in the same county, be insulated in county court from all cases that he/she arraigned in the centralized arraignment part?

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-96

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 8, 2024

    A judge must insulate their law clerk from all matters in which the law clerk had any personal involvement as an attorney, but need not disqualify, provided the judge believes the judge can be fair and impartial.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-95

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 7, 2024

    A judge (1) is disqualified, subject to remittal, in all cases in which a party is represented by an attorney from the small law firm that represents the judge's family's real estate business and (2) may not appoint an attorney from that firm as a guardian ad litem.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-94

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 4, 2024

    Whether a judge may ask a defendant questions about court-ordered treatment when the defendant appears before the judge for a status review is a legal issue beyond our jurisdiction. It is, however, ethically permissible for the judge to ask legally permissible questions.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-93

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 3, 2024

    A full-time judge may serve as a non-legal advisor on a stakeholders committee to advise the county on an assigned counsel program that will provide legal assistance to eligible litigants, where the program will not appear in litigation but instead will contract with private attorneys to undertake representation.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-92

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | March 28, 2024

    A city court judge whose caseload may include criminal matters may attend meetings of local not-for-profit neighborhood/community groups as a guest speaker. At such meetings, the judge (1) should not speak about the root causes of violence and potential solutions through the lens of the judge's past and current professional experiences but (2) may otherwise discuss a variety of legal topics, including court procedures, the judge's professional career and judicial role, and governing law, subject to generally applicable limitations on judicial speech and conduct.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-91

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | March 27, 2024

    A full-time judge may (1) serve as treasurer of their local American Legion post and (2) participate in a regional American Legion service committee which strives to help women veterans, subject to generally applicable limitations on judicial speech and conduct.

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