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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Vendors Judges’ Associations Opinion 09-174 Background: The inquirer is an officer of a judges’ association and asks whether the association may permit a vendor to station himself outside a private hotel meeting room the ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Commentary on Legislative Action Circulate a Petition Opinion 10-63 Background: A part-time town justice’s position had been eliminated by the town board where the justice presides. The town’s law that authorized the elimination of ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judicial Impropriety Working with Town Clerks Opinion10-61 Background: The inquiring judge was a member of a magistrates’ association and asks whether he may permit a town clerks’ association to address the members of his ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Awards Candlelight Vigils Opinion 10-59 Background: An acting Supreme Court justice inquired whether she may accept an award from a Violence Intervention Program and appear at a candlelight vigil for those affected by domestic ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Character Reference Appearance of Impropriety Opinion 10-17 Background: A part-time judge asked whether he may be a character reference for a friend applying for a pistol permit. The judge states that the application must ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Disqualification Prior Juror Communications Opinion 10-70 Background: The inquiring judge recently presided over a jury trial during which he questioned prospective jurors during voir dire. One of the jurors became a defendant in an ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Extra Judicial Activities Corporate Officer Opinion 10-77 Background: An attorney waiting on confirmation of his appointment to judicial office inquires as to whether he may serve as an officer of family corporations after assuming the ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Campaign Participation In-Court Negotiations Opinion 10-83 Background: The inquiring judge sent two unrelated questions for consideration. The first involved the judge’s interest in helping candidates for legislative office by assisting the candidates with their ...

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Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Lawyer Misconduct Potential Criminal Indictment Opinion 10-86 Background: In the course of his judicial duties, a judge had reviewed a criminal complaint that charged a lawyer with grand larceny in the third degree. The judge ...

Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Appearance of Impropriety Family Opinion 09-97 Background: The inquirer’s first cousin’s spouse is an assistant district attorney/investigator in the District Attorney’s Office for the same county where the inquirer presides. The inquirer is not assigned ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Part-Time Judge Community Service Boards Opinion 09-99 Background: The inquirer seeks to serve on a county community services board in the county where the judge presides. The service board is a planning agency for the overall ...

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