NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Part-time judge: Opinion 22-68

New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics

Part-time judge

Serving as an administrative law judge for same town

Opinion 22-68

Background: The town in which the inquiring part-time judge serves is implementing a town code administrative bureau in which an appointed administrative law judge would preside over town code violations. Misdemeanor charges under the town code would remain before the town court. The judge asks if it is permissible to simultaneously serve as town justice and as administrative law judge for the administrative bureau.

Opinion: The Committee concluded that a part-time town justice may simultaneously serve as an administrative law judge for a town code administrative bureau in the same town.