The Pittsford Town Board is looking for candidates who are interested in being a town justice. The board-chosen appointee will replace Town Justice William K. Taylor, who takes office as a State Supreme Court justice Jan. 1, 2016. The Pittsford Town ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Town Justice Relative is Dog Control Officer Opinion 14-186 Background: The inquiring town justice states that his second-degree relative is the deputy dog control officer for the municipality where the judge presides. The judge ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Town Justice – Town Board Member – Judge’s Salary   Opinion 14-36   Background: A town justice states that a local law enforcement officer was recently elected as a member of the town ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Town Justice County Court Clerk — Inconsistent Legal Opinions Opinion 13-177 Background: The inquiring part-time town or village justice states that he is also employed as a confidential law clerk to a county court ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Town Justice Town Attorney Opinion 13-180 Background: The inquiring judge asks whether he may serve as a town attorney in a different town from the one in which he serves as town justice. Opinion: ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Town Justice Town Attorney Opinion 13-180 Background: The inquiring judge asks whether he may serve as a town attorney in a different town from the one in which he serves as town justice. Opinion: ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Town Justice Civil Servant — Department of Motor Vehicles Opinion 13-119 Background: A judge asked whether it is ethically permissible for a non-lawyer/town justice to accept a full time civil service position with the ...

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Being a town justice is a little bit like being a referee, and that’s how William K. Taylor plans to approach his new part-time job. The Pittsford Town Board on Jan. 15 appointed Taylor town justice. “You have to give ...

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The first tie race in the village/town of East Rochester since Hollywood bombshell Marilyn Monroe married New York Yankee great Joe DiMaggio was settled in a matter of minutes and without discord. The East Rochester Village Board by a 4-1 ...

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Republican East Rochester town justice candidate David P. Bonacci wants one more vote. Democratic town justice candidate Dennis J. Greco wants one more vote. That’s understandable, because the two were deadlocked after several more absentee ballots were counted as of ...

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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Town Justice Non-legal Support to a Friend at Court Proceedings Opinion 10-197 Background: A part-time lawyer town/village judge asked whether he may accompany a friend during court proceedings relating to the friend’s divorce. The ...

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ALBANY — The New York Commission on Judicial Conduct has recommended a town justice from Rensselaer County be taken off the bench for her involvement in two ticket-fixing cases. According to the commission, East Greenbush Town Justice Diane Schilling improperly ...

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