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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Spouse as Director of Chamber of Commerce – Recusal/Disclosure Obligations   Opinion 15-40   Background: The inquiring judge asks about his ethical obligations regarding his spouse’s recent employment as a director for the ...

NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judge’s Spouse’s Employment Pro Bono Attorney Referral Opinion 15-05 Background: The inquiring judge’s spouse is an administrative assistant in a municipal council person’s office. The member makes a pro bono attorney available to constituents ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judge’s Letter of Support to State Agency Health Home Service Provider – Referral for Treatment Opinion 14-180 Background: A judge who regularly refers litigants to an out-of-county residential substance abuse treatment facility asks whether ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Elected Official’s Swearing-in Ceremony Ceremonial Courtroom Opinion 14-182 Background: A judge asks if it is ethical to allow a state legislator to use a ceremonial courtroom for his swearing-in ceremony. The judge notes that ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Part-time Judge Participation in Advisory Committee Opinion 15-123 Background: A town justice asked if he may join a county government agency’s advisory committee on services for senior citizens. The goals of the committee include ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Disqualification – Part-time Judge – Physician Opinion 15-02   Background: The inquiring part-time judge is also a licensed physician. In that capacity, he oversees blood extraction services at a hospital. The judge asks ...

NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Disciplined Judge Disqualification Opinion 15-37 Background: The inquiring judge states that attorneys from the local prosecutor’s office and the local public defender’s office regularly appear before him. Attorneys in both of these offices filed ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Post-Clerkship Employment Insulation Opinion 15-14 Background: The inquiring judge is an appellate judge whose law clerk is seeking post-clerkship employment in a prosecutor’s office or a private law firm. The clerk has recently secured ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Non-Judge –  Judicial Appointment – Continued Employment   Opinion 15-01   Background: The inquiring non-judge seeks appointment or election to judicial office. The inquirer is currently a police officer and has a retirement ...

NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics –  Disqualification –  Former Prosecutor – Claim of Actual Innocence   Opinion 15-67   Background: The inquiring judge states that an individual who was formerly imprisoned is now appearing before the judge to challenge ...

NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics- Part-time Judge Extra-Judicial Employment – Union Representation   Opinion 14-188   Background: A part-time judge, who is also a full-time New York state government employee, is represented by a union in his extra-judicial employment. The judge ...

NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Judge as Interpreter –  Uncompensated   Opinion 14-183   Background: A full-time judge who is fluent in a foreign language asks whether he may serve as an uncompensated interpreter for two friends when ...