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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Clothing Drive Bin Placement – Courtroom Opinion 14-153 Background: The inquiring judge asks if he may allow a bar association to place collection containers within the courtroom to collect hats, gloves and scarves for ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Brady Material Prior and Pending Offenses – District Attorney’s Request Opinion 14-154 Background: The inquiring judge asks if it is ethically permissible to comply with a district attorney’s request for a list of all ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Filming a Court Proceeding Opinion 15-136 Background: The inquiring judge asks if he may allow a student to audio/video record an entire session of a court proceeding. Opinion: The committee concluded that subject to ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Co-Judge’s Child Child’s Law Firm Opinion 15-108 Background: The inquiring judge asks whether he may preside when his co-judge’s child, or a law firm with which his co-judge’s child is affiliated as special counsel, ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judge’s Attorney’s Associates Recusal Opinion 15-114 Background: The inquiring judge asks if associates of an attorney who represented him at a negotiation session in a matrimonial matter may appear before him. Opinion: The committee ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Attending Fundraiser Attending Non-Fundraising Breakfast – Domestic Violence Agencies Joint Opinion 15-26/15-44 Background: In inquiry 15-26, the judge asks if he may attend an annual fundraising event for a not-for-profit organization that provides services ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Ex-parte Conversation Non-Substantive Conversation Opinion 15-106 Background: The inquiring judge notes that an attorney who has been appearing before him in connection with a particular case recently approached the judge at a bar association ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judge’s Employment with University Fundraising Opinion 15-109 Background: The inquiring judge asks if, as part of his job responsibilities, whether he may engage in fundraising from alumni, parents and friends of the university. Opinion: ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judge’s Divorce Equitable Distribution – Interest in Future Legal Fees Opinion 15-96 Background: The inquiring judge is a party in a contested matrimonial action and the judge’s spouse is an attorney who represents plaintiffs ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Co-Judge’s Spouse Employed at District Attorney’s Office Opinion 15-87 Background: The inquiring judge asks whether he may preside in cases involving the district attorney’s office now that his co-judge’s spouse is employed as an ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Gifts to Judges Guest for Bar Association Event Opinion 15-90 Background: The inquiring judge asks whether he may accept an invitation to be a guest of a law firm at a bar association’s annual ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Court Clerk’s Relative – Second Degree   Opinion 14-171   Background: A criminal court judge asked whether he may preside when an attorney who is the chief clerk’s second-degree relative appears in the ...