Previous Code of Judicial Conduct - Application
- Effective October 9, 1995 through December 31, 2010*
- Anyone, whether or not a lawyer, who is an officer of a judicial system and who performs judicial functions, including an officer such as a magistrate, court commissioner, special master or referee, is a judge within the meaning of this Code. All judges should comply with this Code except as provided below.
- A Part-Time Judge
- is not required to comply:
- except while serving as a judge, with Section 3(A)(9); and
- at any time with Sections 5(C)(2) and (3), 5(D), 5(E), 5(F), 5(G) and 6(C).
- should not act as a lawyer in a proceeding in which the judge has served as a judge or in any other proceeding related thereto.
Comment
When a person who has been a part-time judge is no longer a part-time judge, that person may act as a lawyer in a proceeding in which he or she has served as a judge or in any other proceeding related thereto only with the express consent of all parties pursuant to the Rules of Professional Conduct.
- A Pro Tempore Judge
- is not required to comply:
- except while serving as a judge, with Sections 2(A), 2(B), 3(A)(9), 4(B), 4(C) and 7(A);
- at any time with Sections 2(C), 5(B), 5(C)(2), 5(C)(3), 5(C)(4), 5(D), 5(E), 5(F), 5(G) and 6(C).
- A person who has been a pro tempore judge should not act as a lawyer in a proceeding in which the judge has served as a judge or in any other proceeding related thereto except as otherwise permitted by the Rules of Professional Conduct.
- Time for Compliance. Persons to whom this Code becomes applicable should arrange their affairs as soon as reasonably possible to comply with it.
*Commission actions and decisions after January 1, 2011 will reference
the current Code of Judicial Conduct.
