NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Appearance of Impropriety Judicial Candidate — Comment on Rating System Opinion 12-144 Background: A judge who is a candidate for judicial office asked if he may accede to a request from a political organization’s ...

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A special prosecutor will be brought in to handle a misdemeanor case in which a Rochester man has been accused of sending vulgar text messages to his ex-girlfriend who is a City Court judge. In a rare reversal, the state ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Appearance of Impropriety Correspondence Between Attorneys Opinion 10-177 Background: An inquiring judge asked whether it was ethically permissible for him to direct attorneys representing defendants in vehicle and traffic matters who wish to negotiate ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Appearance of Impropriety Secretary’s Private Legal Matter Opinion 10-72 Background: An inquiring judge asked whether it would be permissible for an attorney to continue to appear in Family Court on appointed and retained matters ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Appearance of Impropriety Speaking Engagements Opinion 09-181 Background: A full-time judge that presides in a matrimonial part asked whether he may (1) speak about family law to employees of an insurance company; (2) ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Character Reference Appearance of Impropriety Opinion 10-17 Background: A part-time judge asked whether he may be a character reference for a friend applying for a pistol permit. The judge states that the application must ...

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Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Appearance of Impropriety Family Opinion 09-97 Background: The inquirer’s first cousin’s spouse is an assistant district attorney/investigator in the District Attorney’s Office for the same county where the inquirer presides. The inquirer is not assigned ...

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