Judicial Ethics

  • National Law Journal

    Ohio Supreme Court Disqualifies Judge for Threats of Violence, Jail Time Against Vexatious Litigant

    By Riley Brennan | April 12, 2024

    The high court determined an objective observer would conclude that Judge Robert P. Ruehlman was biased against the litigant.

    4 minute read

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-99

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 11, 2024

    On these facts, as candidates for a non-judicial office have made the judge's ethical obligations an issue in their election campaign and any attempt by the judge to correct the record will be readily perceived as partisan political activity, the judge must abstain from direct or indirect public comment on the situation.

    4 minute read

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-98

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 10, 2024

    May a judicial association honor an elected official at a non-fund-raising event for their role in increasing diversity in the judiciary, provided the event is not political?

    2 minute read

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-97

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 9, 2024

    Must a part-time town justice, who is also a full-time law clerk to a county court judge in the same county, be insulated in county court from all cases that he/she arraigned in the centralized arraignment part?

    2 minute read

  • Daily Report Online

    Judge Candidate's Cellphone Records Subpoenaed in Election Challenge

    By Cedra Mayfield | April 9, 2024

    As petitioner counsel seek discovery ranging from the candidate's delivery and rideshare records to "cell phone tower ping data," respondent counsel counter the permissibility of the request "under [Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings] Rules or the Administrative Procedure Act."

    6 minute read

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-96

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 8, 2024

    A judge must insulate their law clerk from all matters in which the law clerk had any personal involvement as an attorney, but need not disqualify, provided the judge believes the judge can be fair and impartial.

    4 minute read

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-95

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 7, 2024

    A judge (1) is disqualified, subject to remittal, in all cases in which a party is represented by an attorney from the small law firm that represents the judge's family's real estate business and (2) may not appoint an attorney from that firm as a guardian ad litem.

    4 minute read

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-94

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 4, 2024

    Whether a judge may ask a defendant questions about court-ordered treatment when the defendant appears before the judge for a status review is a legal issue beyond our jurisdiction. It is, however, ethically permissible for the judge to ask legally permissible questions.

    2 minute read

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-93

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 3, 2024

    A full-time judge may serve as a non-legal advisor on a stakeholders committee to advise the county on an assigned counsel program that will provide legal assistance to eligible litigants, where the program will not appear in litigation but instead will contract with private attorneys to undertake representation.

    4 minute read

  • Daily Report Online

    'She Must Go': Judicial Qualifications Committee Recommends Judge Be Removed for Ethics Violations

    By Alex Anteau | Cedra Mayfield | April 2, 2024

    "[Peterson's] actions in the courtroom and outside it demonstrate a consistent and persistent pattern of misconduct comprised of intemperance, judicial incompetence and danger to the rights of litigants, which combined warrant removal," the hearing panel opined.

    5 minute read

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