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New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Village Justice Salesperson-Customer Relationship – Prosecutor’s Spouse Opinion 15-151 Background: A part-time village justice is a client and friend of a salesperson who receives a commission on the judge’s department store purchases. ...

New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Invitations to Speak at Foreign Consulate Opinion 15-133 Background: A judge whose family emigrated from another country asks whether he may accept two invitations from that country’s Consul General: one to attend ...

New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Introductory Speaker at Gun Violence Event Opinion 15-113 Background: The inquiring judge asks whether he may participate in a Criminal Justice Services Division program which seeks to discourage gun violence among individuals ...

New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judge as Incorporator for Specialized Bar Association Opinion 16-40 Background: The inquiring judge asks if he, as a member and officer of a specialized bar association, may sign the association’s certificate of ...

New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics First-Degree Relative Family Court – Insulation Opinion 16-28 Background: The inquiring Family Court judge’s first-degree relative, an undergraduate social work major, wishes to accept a part-time entry-level job as a Youth Development ...

New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Part-time Judge Town Board Member as Witness Opinion 16-21 Background: A part-time judge is presiding in an ongoing, multi-defendant non-jury criminal trial. At a recent conference during the trial, counsel indicated, for ...

New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Ex Parte Communications Resource Personnel Opinion 15-209 Background: A part-time judge asks whether communications between part-time judges and the court personnel who staff the Unified Court System’s City, Town and Village Courts ...

New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Full-Time Judge Participation on Advisory Board for Legislator Opinion 15-203 Background: A full-time judge who presides in a drug treatment court asks if he may serve on a legislator’s advisory board on ...

New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Letter of Appreciation Federally Funded Medical Facility Opinion 15-193 Background: The inquiring judge’s parent spent his final days in a federally funded medical facility. The judge asks whether he may send a ...

New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Redistricting Scope of Committee’s Authority Opinion 15-188 Background: A full-time judge asks the Committee reconsider and rescind two previously published opinions and suspend the political activity rules for judges in New York. ...

New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Prior Representation Non-substantive Work – Disclosure Opinion 16-30 Background: The inquiring part-time judge briefly retained a lawyer in connection with a disciplinary proceeding approximately one year prior. The lawyer did not bill ...

New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Part-time Attorney Newly Appointed – Continued Representation Opinion 16-13 Background: The inquiring attorney judge was representing a client in two civil cases in a local court prior to his judicial appointment. An ...