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Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Spouse’s Former Law Firm: Opinion 15-33

NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Spouse’s Former Law Firm Splitting of Legal Fees Opinion 15-33 Background: A full-time judge asked if a judge must recuse himself when the judge’s spouse’s former law firm appears, even if the spouse never handled the matter. When the spouse left the former law firm to open a new practice, she took several ...