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NYS Committee on Judicial Ethics Choice of Law Immigration Practice Ethics Opinion 1058 Background: The inquiring attorney was recently admitted to practice in New York but plans to reside and practice solely in Illinois and will engage in a practice ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Fundraiser Honoree – Mitigating the Use of the Judge’s Name Opinion 15-60 Background: The inquiring judge had initially agreed to be one of multiple honorees at a fundraiser for a school the judge ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judge as Shareholder in Cooperative Housing Corporation Tax Proceedings Opinion 15-32 Background: The inquiring judge, who presides in tax certiorari cases, says he lives, as a shareholder, in a multiple dwelling owned by a ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judge’s Spouse as Principal in LLC Rent to a Partisan Political Organization Opinion 15-62 Amended Background: A full-time judge’s spouse has a principle interest in a limited liability company which owns an apartment building. ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Impartiality Village Justice – Village Police Officers Opinion 15-16 Background: A village justice asked if he may preside in cases in which village police officers appear as they are both employees of the village. ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics County Executive Using Judge’s Name – Touting Public Transit System Opinion 15-21 Background: The inquiring judge learned that the county executive wishes to mention during an upcoming state of the county address that the ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Law Clerk Prior Employment – Non-Supervisory Role Opinion 15-43 Background: The inquiring judge recently hired a law clerk who had been employed in a non-supervisory role in a government law office whose attorneys, including ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Part-time Judge – Public Service Snow Removal – Aiding Law Enforcement Opinion 15-07 Background: The inquiring part-time judge has cleared snow from the driveway of a now-abandoned commercial property near his home without compensation ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Full-time Judge Board of Directors – Development Corporation Opinion 15-15 Background: A full-time judge asks if he may serve without pay on the board of directors of a community-based, not-for-profit local development corporation intimately ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Treatment Court Scope of Discretion – Ex Parte Communications Opinion 15-47 Background: The inquiring judge presides in a treatment court and asks if he may require individuals to engage in an exercise program as ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Part-time Judge Non-governmental Association as Client Opinion 14-157 Background: The inquiring part-time judge also serves as counsel to a particular non-governmental association whose members are elected and appointed municipal officials and employees. In this ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Town Justice Relative is Dog Control Officer Opinion 14-186 Background: The inquiring town justice states that his second-degree relative is the deputy dog control officer for the municipality where the judge presides. The judge ...

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