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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Court Employee Familial Relationship: Opinion 12-178
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Court Employee Familial Relationship Clerical Work Opinion 12-178 Background: The inquiring judge asked if he must disclose that a court employee’s second degree relative is a part-time secretary for an attorney who regularly appears in the judge’s court and insulate the employee from the attorney’s cases. Ruling: The committee concluded […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Communication with the President of the United States: Opinion 12-184
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Communication with the President of the United States Judicial Employee Opinion 12-184 Background: A full-time quasi-judicial employee who has independently researched and developed a plan for national economic recovery asks whether he may send his plan to the president of the United States for consideration. Opinion: The committee concluded that a [&hel[...]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Part-time Judge: Opinion 12-182
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Part-time Judge Equal Shares in a Law Firm —Proceeding against the Municipality Opinion 12-182 Background: The inquiring part-time judge is a principal of a professional limited liability company law firm, who shares equally from the profits of the firm with his fellow principals. There is no segregation or differentiation of […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Fundraising: Opinion 13-73
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Fundraising Bar Association — Foundation Improving the Legal System Opinion 13-73 Background: The inquiring judge states that the chief judge plans to establish an advisory body that will make recommendations on issues such as expanding legal services to the poor, promoting innovation in the courts, and educating the public […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Summer Internship: Opinion 13-80
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Summer Internship Parent’s Law Firm Opinion 13-80 Background: The inquiring judge is considering a law student’s application to serve as a summer intern. The judge states that the law student’s parent’s law firm regularly appears before the judge. The judge asked whether insulate the intern would be sufficient to […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Employment with Correctional Facility: Opinion 13-25
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Employment with Correctional Facility Offender Rehabilitation Opinion 13-25 Background: The inquiring judge asked whether he may ethically accept employment as an Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator at a correctional facility. His responsibilities would include performing assessments to prepare offenders for eventual return to the community; providing ongo[...]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Town Court Funds: Opinion 12-160
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Town Court Funds Missing Deposits — Reimbursement Opinion 12-160 Background: A town justice learned that cash and checks tendered to the court as payment for fines or fees have gone missing. The court clerk discovered that a deposit was not credited to the court’s account. The court clerk offered […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Judge’s Family: Opinion 13-24
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judge’s Family Recusal — Business Interests Opinion 13-24 Background: The inquiring judge stated that his spouse and adult children have business interest in the locality where he presides. The spouse business interests include a banking and financial services company, whose depositors or account-holders appear before the judge. The children […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Town Employee: Opinion 13-01
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Town Employee Substituting for Absent Court Clerk Opinion 13-01 Background: The inquiring judge asked whether he may permit a town employee to perform work in the court office when a regular court staff member is absent due to a vacation or illness. The employee normally works in the tax assessor’s […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Prior Client Advocacy: Opinion 13-08
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Prior Client Advocacy Appellate Brief Opinion 13-08 Background: The inquiring judge asked whether it is ethically permissible to be credited as an author of an appellate brief. The judge had briefed six points on appeal before assuming the bench. Opinion: The committee concluded that his inclusion on an appellate brief […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Request to Produce List of Defendants: Opinion 13-19
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Request to Produce List of Defendants Law Enforcement Opinion 13-19 Background: The inquiring judge asked whether he may accede to a local law enforcement agency’s request to produce a list of vehicle and traffic defendants his court had reported to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles to suspend […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Judge’s Interest in Real Property: Opinion 13-68
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judge’s Interest in Real Property Participation in Proceeding Opinion 13-68 Background: The inquiring judge asked whether he may accompany his ailing, elderly parent to an eviction proceeding within the same courthouse where he presides. The judge has an interest in the property even though he is not listed as a […]
Case Digests
- Second Circuit – Plea agreements: Cook v. United States
- Fourth Department: Statute of limitations: Marino v. Weiler
- Fourth Department – Nail and mail service: Rebutting presumption of service L&W Supply Corporation v. Built-Rite Drywall Corp, et al
- Fourth Department – Mental Hygiene Law: Charles L. v. State of New York
- Second Circuit – Medicaid and Medicare certification: U.S. ex rel. Quartararo v. Cath. Health Sys. Of Long Island Inc.
- Fourth Department – Waiver of indictment: People v. King
- Fourth Department – Speedy trial: People v. Jordan
- Fourth Department – Rosario material: People v. Dennard
- Second Circuit – Magnuson-Stevens Act: State of New York v. Raimondo
- Fourth Department – Plea: People v. Davis
- Second Circuit – Revocation of minimum sentence: Bangs v. Walter William Smith, et al.
- Fourth Department – Relation-back doctrine: CHS Inc. v. Land O’Lakes Purina Feed, et al.
Law News
- Split court affirms gun conviction
- N.Y. Court of Appeals reverses gun conviction
- NY board approves cannabis lawsuit settlements, paves way for retail dispensaries
- NY Court of Appeals reverses murder conviction because of illegal police search
- NY Court of Appeals reverses gun conviction over ineffective counsel
- Split court affirms gun conviction, finding search and arrest were legal
- NY appeals court vacates drug conviction over illegal police search
- Split Court of Appeals strips Police Accountability Board of disciplinary power
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