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Judicial Ethics Opinions - Alphabetical Index of Topics
Alphabetical Index of Topics
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZList of Opinion Numbers by Year
A Administrative duties
Administration of Justice
- delegation by part-time judge, 00-17
Admission to Practice Rules (APR)Advisory Opinions
- APR 9, 88-14
American Bar Association; See Code of Judicial Conduct
Appearance of impropriety, 84-2, 84-3, 84-4, 85-5, 86-1, 86-13, 86-14Appearance of impartiality, 85-10, 88-16, 91-10, 91-27, 92-12, 92-13, 00-1, 00-19
- See also Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 2
ARLJ 5(b), 00-17
Attendance at reception, 87-12, 91-8, 91-27
Attendance at seminar, 85-3, 91-27
AttorneysAuthorship of book on legal system, 86-2
- appearing before when on campaign committee, Amended 88-7
- association with part-time judge, 91-26
- attendance at sponsored function, 91-8, 91-27
- disclosure of attorney/client relationship, 93-14
- endorsing friend's business, 87-4
- former firm host reception, 95-5
- gifts to court staff, 93-17
- judge's attorney/spouse appearance in same judicial district, 84-3, 89-2, 89-5
- employment letter of recommendation, 87-10
- hearing cases when attorney purchasing property, 98-8
- joint ownership of real estate with judicial officer, 93-4
- landlord/tenant relationship, 93-8, 96-8
- letter to insurance carrier on behalf of attorney, 87-1
- letter of recommendation for disbarred attorney, 88-5
- opponent in judicial election, 88-16
- owning property with an attorney, 93-4
- past associations with a law firm or attorneys, 90-14, 91-1, 91-5, 91-6, 91-7, 94-1, 01-5
- prosecuting attorney represents judge, 95-12, 95-22
- relative employed by office, 91-1
- renting property to an attorney, 93-8
- reporting conviction to another jurisdiction, 91-4
- sanctions payable to charitable organizations, 99-10
- spouses, disclosure of marital status, 89-4, 94-1, 95-10
B Bank Account
Bar Association
- In court's name, 93-3
Business activities,
- marketing of support calculator, 00-15
- owning property with attorneys, 93-5
- rental of property to alcohol treatment agency, 86-4
C Campaigns, See Elections
ChecksCode of Judicial Conduct
- use of title on, 86-15
Commission on Judicial Conduct, 98-4
- generally, 85-3, 86-2, 86-5, 86-8, 88-4, 90-14, 93-11, 93-22, 98-3
- Preamble 1.(A)(1) 90-11, 93-9, 94-3, 94-4
- Preamble 1.(B)(1), 86-10, 93-21, 94-2
- Terminology section, "candidate," 98-5
- Application (A)(1), 96-7, 99-6, 00-17
- Canon 1, 86-1, 86-4, 86-9, 86-14, 87-8, 89-6, 89-15, 91-15, 91-17, 92-12, 98-12
- Canon 2, Amended 84-3, 86-1, 86-13, 86-14, 88-8, 88-17, 88-18, 89-6, 89-15, 90-2,
- Canon 2(A), 84-4, 86-7, 86-9, 86-15, 86-16, 87-8, 87-9, 90-3, 90-17, 91-10, 91-17,
- 96-10, 96-16, 98-8, 98-10, 99-4, 99-6, 99-9, 99-14, Amended 00-11, 00-12, Amended 00-13, 00-15, 00-17, 01-1, 01-3, 01-6
- Canon 2(A)(7), 98-12
- Canon 2(B), 84-1, 85-4, 85-5, 85-10, 86-1, 86-4, 86-12, 86-15, 87-1, 87-4, 87-6, 87-9,
- Canon 3, 84-4, 86-6, 91-15, 91-17, 93-19, 96-7, 96-8, 96-10
- Canon 3(A), 88-17
- Canon 3(A)(2), 99-9
- Canon 3(A)(4), 90-15, 99-9, 01-8
- Canon 3(A)(5), 92-7, 92-18, 96-17, 98-4
- Canon 3(A)(6), 96-17, 98-4
- Canon 3(A)(9), 00-17
- Canon 3(B), 91-4, 91-12, Amended 91-23, 93-17, 99-7
- Canon 3(B)(1), 99-9, 00-17, 01-6
- Canon 3(B)(2), 96-10, 99-1, 99-9, 00-2, 00-4, Amended 00-11, 01-1, 01-3
- Canon 3(B)(4), 92-11
- Canon 3(C), 84-1, 84-2, 86-4, 87-3, Amended 88-7, 89-8, 89-13, 91-18, 93-14, 94-1,
- Canon 3(C)(1), 84-3, 89-16, 91-7, 92-12, 92-13, 93-8, 95-12, 01-5
- Canon 3(C)(1)(a), 92-19
- Canon 3(C)(1)(d), Amended 84-3, 86-13, 88-12, 89-2, 91-1, 91-6, 91-18, 01-5
- Canon 3(C)(2), 93-8
- Canon 3(D), Amended 88-7, 89-16, 91-1, 98-4, 01-6
- Revised Canon 3(D)(1), 95-22, 95-23, 96-10, 96-12, 96-17, 00-1, 00-5, 00-7, 00-19,
- Canon 4, 87-11, 88-5, 90-12, 90-18, 92-10, 93-3, 93-19, 93-28, 93-31, Amended 96-2
- Canon 4(A), 89-7, 91-11, 91-20, 91-27, 92-2, 92-5, 92-10, 93-3, 93-32, 96-4, 96-5,
- Canon 4(B), 92-2, 92-14, 93-3, 95-4, 95-8, 00-16
- Canon 4(C), 86-3, 92-1, 92-9, 93-2, 93-3, 93-19, 93-26, 93-32, 94-6, 94-9, 95-6,
- Canon 5(A), 93-10, 94-8
- Canon 5(B), 84-2, 86-16, 87-2, 87-3, 88-10, 90-7, 90-10, 92-8, 92-15, 93-2, 93-6, 93-7
- 93-10, 93-13, 93-19, 93-29, 94-2, 95-8, 95-9, 95-14, 95-15, 95-19, 96-3, 96-9,
- 96-14, 97-15, 98-7, 98-9, 99-5, 99-7, 99-14, 00-6, 00-14
- Canon 5(B)(1), 85-1, 88-9, 90-1, 91-28, 01-4, 01-7
- Canon 5(B)(2), 85-9, 87-5, 88-15, 89-10, 90-10, 91-2, 91-9, 93-5, 93-6, 93-10, 93-30,
- Canon 5(C)(1), 91-17, 93-4, 93-8, 00-15
- Canon 5(C)(2), 91-2
- Canon 5(C)(3), Amended 91-23, 93-4, 98-8
- Canon 5(C)(4), 91-8, 91-19, 91-27, 93-1, 93-15, 93-17, 93-19, 95-5
- Canon 5(C)(7), 86-4
- Canon 5(C)(8), 90-5, 94-11
- Canon 5(D), 87-7, 99-3
- Canon 5(E), 93-18, 93-27
- Canon 5(F), 88-1, 88-11, 88-14, 94-3, 94-4, 96-7, 96-8, 98-12
- Canon 5(G), 88-2, 89-7, 90-4, 90-12, 90-16, 93-18, 94-3, 95-4, 98-11, 99-2
- Canon 6, 89-1 (withdrawn), 90-5, 91-11, 93-1, 93-28
- Canon 7, 84-2, 93-9, 93-20, 98-5
- Canon 7(A), 86-8, 86-10, 88-13, 89-17, 90-11, 91-22, 91-28, 94-2, 94-8, 95-14, 96-1
- Canon 7(A)(1)(b), 86-11, 88-6, 93-9, 99-1
- Canon 7(A)(1)(c), 92-6, 93-21
- Canon 7(A)(2), 92-4, 93-20, 93-21, 93-25
- Canon 7(A)(3), 85-8
- Canon 7(A)(4), 86-11, 89-11, 91-20, 92-5, 93-19, 93-32, 94-10, 95-3
- Canon 7(A)(5), 00-3
- Canon 7(B), 85-2, 86-17, 88-7, 90-13, 91-28, 96-1, 98-10
- Canon 7(B)(1)(a), 92-16
- Canon 7(B)(1)(b), 86-9, 96-13
- Canon 7(B)(1)(c), 88-3, 90-6, 92-16
- Canon 7(B)(1)(d), 88-3
- Canon 7(B)(2), Amended 88-7, 89-9, 90-9, 90-13, 95-24, 96-15, 00-10
CommissionersConflict of Interest, 90-2, 90-3, 91-10, 93-1, 94-7, 95-2
- judge's attorney/spouse appearance before, 89-5
- personal attorney appearing before, 89-13
- practice of law, 88-1
- pro tempore commissioner, 93-27, 97-12
- spouse is assistant city attorney, 94-5
- volunteer in juvenile diversion program, 93-18
Contract for indigent defense, 86-14, 91-17
Court EmployeesCourt Rule
- representing the court on a community public health and safety network, 95-17
- campaign volunteers, 86-9
- claim against court administrator and judicial officer, 95-23
- ex parte communication, 01-8
- gifts from attorneys/court vendors, 93-17
- judicial spouse, 95-2
- law clerk activities, 96-13
- law clerk spouse paralegal on capital case, 96-10
- loaned executive, 88-17
- make modifications to charging document, 01-3
- married to law enforcement officer, 92-12
- membership in association of court managers, 00-2
- outside employment related to official duties, 00-4
- partisan political campaign, 90-8
- preparation of names and complaints, 84-4
- running for nonpartisan office, 99-1
- use to assist with wedding arrangements, 91-14, 93-30
- volunteer domestic violence counselor, 97-5
Court Stationery
- establishing Ethics Advisory Committee, GR 10
Credit Cards
D Dispose of Court Business, 92-18
Disqualification, See also RecusalDistrict Court judge, 84-1, 84-4, 85-3, 86-6, 86-7, 86-14, 87-6, 88-3, 88-17, 91-21, 91-25, 94-7, 95-22, 96-7
- of judge, 84-1, 84-3, 86-4, 92-7, 92-19, 95-1, 95-2, 95-12, 96-12, 96-17, 97-6, 97-9,
- offer to withdraw, 84-2, 84-4, 86-16, 91-1, 94-1
Driver's license
E Employment contract with municipality, 99-9
- appearance at fundraising event, 95-24
- attending event where reimbursement charged, 00-10
- attorney appearing before when on campaign committee, Amended 88-7
- attorney general as honorary co-chair on campaign literature, 96-15
- bond levy for regional justice center, 92-5
- campaign activities, 90-13
- campaign committee usage, 85-2, 89-9
- campaign contributors, 98-10
- campaign workers bound by CJC, 86-9
- candidate for nonpartisan nonjudicial position, 85-8
- completing questionnaire, 92-16
- court employee running for nonpartisan office, 99-1
- endorsing another judicial candidate, 88-6, 88-13, 91-22, 93-21, 93-25
- judicial comment on county clerk's race, 86-11
- letter to newspaper endorsing judicial candidate, 93-25
- listed on campaign letterhead, 93-21
- opinion on abortion, 90-6
- participate in presidential preference primary, 92-4
- RCW Chapter 42.52, 94-10
- referendum on salary increases, 91-20
- retiring debt to family member, 96-1
- school levy passage committee, 95-3
- solicitation of endorsements, 86-17
- solicitation of fellow judges for another judge's contested election, 91-22
- solicitation of fellow judges for bond issue, 92-6
- support for county prosecutor candidate, 93-9
- thank you letter for contribution, 90-9
- use of court personnel in, 86-9
- use of unsolicited comments on court operation, 85-2
- wearing robe in campaign literature, 88-3
Employment outside court, See also Part-time judge, 91-21, 96-7, 00-12
Exploit judicial position, 86-2, 86-9, 86-15Executor, serving as, 87-7
Ex parte communications, 97-7, 01-8
- serving as for family, 99-3
F Family relationships
Fundraising
- appearance of fellow judge's attorney/spouse, 84-3, 91-18
- executor, serving as for family, 99-3
- judge's spouse as volunteer probation person, 86-13
- attorney/spouse, 89-2, 89-5, 91-18, 95-1, 95-10
- relative employed same office, 91-1
- retiring campaign debt to family member, 96-1
- sibling mayor of city within judicial district, 00-1
- spouse board member, 89-12
- spouse contracting with government agency, 91-16
- spouse employed as court administrator, 99-12
- spouse employed by DCFS, 88-8
- spouse employed by law enforcement agency, 94-1
- spouse employed by probation department, 95-2
- spouse member of county bar foundation president's council, 97-3
- spouse shares office space with expert, 87-9
- spouse is public defender board member, 88-12
- attorney sanctions to charitable organizations, 99-10
- bond issue for new facility, 92-5, 93-32
- by court staff, 99-7
- contribution to victim memorial, 99-14
- donating auction items, 93-10, 95-6, Amended 95-6
- hosting table of other judges, 93-30
- jurors' compensation, 99-8
- judge prohibited from, 84-2, 85-9, 86-18, 87-3, 87-5, 87-12, 91-2, 91-9, 91-28,
- jurors compensation, 95-18
- spouse's participation, 88-15
G Gifts
Government Equipment
- from private, charitable foundation to court, 99-13
- scholarships, from judicial officer, 99-5
- to staff from attorneys/court vendors, 93-17
- trust for medical costs, 93-1
- Washington caselaw in CD ROM format, 93-15
Guardian ad litem, 98-3
- personal use of, Amended 00-13
H Hearing officer
- district court judge as designee, 86-7
I Impartiality; See Appearance of Impartiality
Impropriety, appearance of; See Appearance of Impropriety
Independence of Judiciary; See Judicial Independence
Influence of family, social, political and business relationships,Integrity of Judiciary, 86-9
- appearance of fellow judge's attorney/spouse, 84-3, 91-18
- attendance at functions, 91-27
- attributed quotation commenting on friend's book, 96-1
- part-time commissioner appointed by judge, 86-1
- rental property, 86-6
- spouse on municipal commission, 84-1
- spouse shares office space with expert, 87-9
Investments
J Judicial Canons; See Code of Judicial Conduct
Judicial Administrative DutiesJudicial Independence, 86-14
- delegation by part-time judge, 00-17
Judicial Integrity; See Integrity of Judiciary
L Lawyers; See Attorneys
- attend remembrance ceremony for domestic violence victims, 96-16
- attend seminar on community based policing sponsored by local sheriff, 96-5
- board of bar examiners, 93-28
- board for county volunteer lawyer program, 93-26, 01-2
- board for dispute resolution center, 95-11
- board of jury services foundation, 97-15, 99-8
- board for coordinating bono legal services, 93-16
- board member of a legal aid fund, 92-1
- board of trustees, county law library, 01-6
- bond issue for new facility, 92-5, 93-32
- CASA board, 94-6
- chair legal aid pledge drive committee, 94-9
- contribution to legal services program, 93-22
- federal public defender board, 93-2
- hearing examiner for drug forfeiture cases, 94-3
- hosting weekly radio show, 98-12
- join and participate in a domestic violence task force, Amended 96-2
- law school video sent to prospective students, 96-6
- participate in seminar, 92-10
- participate on domestic violence panel, Amended 00-11
- participate in domestic violence summits, 00-18
- participate on an advisory board for domestic violence court order study, 97-4
- plan and participate in a domestic violence symposium, 97-10
- purchasing time on radio and television for educating public, 99-4
- scholarship in judicial officer's name, 93-31, 96-11, 99-5
- serve on a community public health and safety network, 95-4
- serving as arbitrator or mediator, 93-27
- speaking at MADD seminar, 96-9
- speaking to students about personal loss of driver's license, 96-4
- support legislation related to judicial officer safety, 00-16
- support legal secretary program, 92-9
- support tribal detention facilty, 01-9
- teach law school class, 95-13
- trustee of a crisis clinic, 96-3
- viewing presentation of court/administrative technologies, 93-23
- young adult court mentor program, 93-3
Letter of Commendation, 00-9
Letters of Recommendation
- for court personnel, 86-12
- for disbarred attorney, 88-5
- for employment purposes, 87-10, 95-16
- for personal friend, 86-12, 93-24
- for sentencing of adult child of family friend, 92-17
- to insurance carrier, 87-1
M Membership; See Off the Bench Conduct
Municipal Judge, 85-3, 85-8, 85-9, 85-10, 87-3, 87-11, 88-4, 88-18, 90-3, 91-25, 94-5, 99-6, 00-17
- employment contract, 99-9
O Organization, membership; See Off the Bench Conduct
- advertising sale of judge's book, 86-2
- advisory committee offering annual leadership training, 93-6
- attend MADD dinner, 95-8
- attend remembrance ceremony for domestic violence victims, 96-16
- attend seminar on community based policing sponsored by local sheriff, 96-5
- attending bar association functions, 91-8, 91-27
- author newspaper column, 87-11
- board member of legal aid fund, 92-1
- board of CASA, 94-6
- board of county volunteer lawyer program, 93-26, 01-2
- board of directors which coordinates community service, 87-6
- board of directors, nonprofit, employees appear before judge, 01-4
- board of federal defender organization, 93-2
- board of jury services foundation, 97-15
- board of organization which conducts safety training classes, 85-10
- board of organization which operates psychiatric hospital, 98-9
- board of trustees of county bar association, 86-3
- church finance commission, 93-29
- co-chair of civic organization, 84-2
- co-chair of public safety committee, 90-4
- community board assessing needs of youth, 95-19
- complimentary membership in social club, 91-19
- comprehensive look at association with organizations, 93-19
- county bar association picnic, 94-8
- disclose association with organization, 84-2, 86-16
- featured in non-profit hospital newsletter, 00-6
- member of advisory committee of civic organization, 93-6
- member of bar's legal aid committee 90-18
- member of board of bar examiners, 93-28
- member of board of regents for a private university, 93-7
- member of city transition committee, 89-7
- member of committee sponsoring workshop to encourage women to run for office, 93-10
- member of county bar association, 92-2
- member of county health advisory board, 88-2
- member of hospital ethics committee, 90-1
- member of international service organization, 86-16
- member of juvenile court conference diversion program, 93-18
- member of municipal citizens' committee, 99-2
- member of municipal public safety committee, 87-2
- member of municipality's historic preservation commission, 87-3
- member of newspaper advisory council, 85-5
- member of nonprofit corporation for child abuse prevention, 88-9
- member of regional justice center committee, 90-12
- member of Rotary Club board, 90-10
- member of school district's special temporary advisory committee, 95-9
- member of school screening committee, 93-13
- member of United Way allocation panel, 88-10
- member of women's rights organization, 91-28
- model at department store fashion show, 93-5
- name on letterhead of civic or charitable organization, 01-7
- name on letterhead of organization, 98-13
- officer of non-charitable foundation controlled by health care provider, 85-1
- participation in CLE program, 91-11
- participation in comedy contest, 93-10
- participation in community-sponsored parade, 95-15
- participation in formation of a local improvement district, 97-8
- president of university alumni association, 96-14
- serving as member of city ethics board, 98-11
- serving as regent at private university/college, 93-7
- serving as an arbitrator or mediator, 93-27
- serving on the community public health and safety network, 95-4
- serving as executor or trustee, 87-7, 99-3
- serving on a state agency commission's advisory commission, 97-13
- solemnization of marriages, 90-5, 94-11
- speaking at county chapter of Federation Republican Women, 95-7
- speaking at MADD dinner, 96-9
- speaking at national convention of political organization, 96-1
- speaking to students about personal loss of driver's license, 96-4
- teaching at university or community college, 91-21, 95-13
- trustee of a crisis clinic, 96-3
- use of statement about prior association with organization, 00-14
- write letter to indeterminate sentence review board re: case prosecuted while an attorney,
- 97-14
Outside Business Interests; See Business Activities
P Part-Time Commissioner, 86-1, 98-3
Part-Time Judge, 85-8, 85-9, 86-4, 86-5, 86-14, 87-3, 87-11, 88-4, 89-14, 90-2, 90-3, 90-11, 90-17, 91-13, 91-17, 93-9, 93-20, 94-3, 94-4, 94-7, 96-7, 96-8, 00-7, 00-17
Other Employment Personal checks and credit cards
- city attorney, 90-3, 96-7, 96-8
- deputy prosecuting attorney, 99-6
- hearing examiner, 94-3
- non-attorney judge, 86-4
- paid counsel for political party, 93-20
- practice of law, 89-14, 90-2, 90-17, 91-13, 91-17, 94-4, 94-7, 96-8
Political Activities; See also Elections
- bearing title of judge, 86-15
Pro tempore judge, 86-5, Amended 91-23
- bond levy to retrofit courthouse, 00-3
- bond measure for new juvenile court facility, 94-10
- judge's spouse and political activities, 86-8
- membership in League of Women Voters, 95-14
- pro tempore judges, 86-10, Amended 91-23, 94-2
- retained counsel for political party, 93-20
- salary referendum, 91-20
- school levy passage committee, 95-3
- speaking at national convention of political organization, 96-1
- support county prosecutor candidate, 93-9
Prestige of office,
- appoint relative, 92-11
- employment as AAG, 91-3
- employment as prosecuting attorney, 92-3
- on letterhead for judicial candidate, 93-21
- political activities, 86-10, 94-2
- public defender board member, 92-15
Private Business Enterprise; See Business Activities
Public Disclosure Commission jurisdiction, 99-11
Public Employees; See Court Employees
Public Resources
- personal use of, Amended 00-13
Q Quasi-judicial Activities; See Law Related Activities
R Recusal, 84-1, 84-2, 84-3, 84-4, 86-4, 95-1, 95-2, 96-12, 96-17; 97-6, 97-9,
Reporting misconduct,
- See also Disqualification
Revised Code of Washington (RCW)
- to IRS, 93-11
Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC), 91-26
- RCW 2.06.090, 91-21
- RCW 3.34.040, 00-12
- RCW 3.34.120, 91-26
- RCW 3.46.060, 91-25
- RCW 3.50.040, 91-25
- RCW 3.50.090, 86-5
- RCW 3.74.020, 91-21, 91-25, 00-12
- RCW Chap. 9.46, 90-13
- RCW 19.16.500, 87-8
- RCW 26.04.050, 90-5, 94-11, 00-8
- RCW 26.09.060, 90-15
- RCW 27.24.066, 01-6
- RCW 29.19.050, 92-4
- RCW 35.20.200, Amended 91-23, 94-2
- RCW 36.17.010, 94-11
- RCW Chap. 42.17, 99-11
- RCW 42.17.080, 98-10
- RCW 42.17.090, 98-10
- RCW 42.17.125, 96-1
- RCW 42.17.360, 99-11
- RCW 42.20.010, 94-11
- RCW Chap. 42.52, 94-10, 94-11, Amended 00-13
- RCW 46.63.080, 92-13
- RCW 46.63.090, 92-13
- RCW 46.64.020, 84-4
- RCW Chap. 69.50, 94-2
- RCW 69.50.050(e), 86-7
- RCW 84.26.130, 87-3
- RPC 1.12(a), 88-4
S Social Relationships, influence of; See Influence of family,
Soliciting funds for combined charities drive by court staff, 99-7
- social, political and business relationships
Soliciting funds to promote juvenile justice center, 92-6
Source of authority for ethics opinions, GR 10
SpouseStationery
- attorney spouse, 89-2, 91-18, 95-1
- deputy court administrator, 99-12
- law enforcement officer, 94-1
- probation counselor, 95-2
- party/witness, rented property from spouse, 00-5
- volunteer probation worker, 86-13
Superior Court judge, 85-4, 87-12
T Telephone listing on wedding information, 91-14
Testimony; See Witness
Trustee, serving as, 87-7, 91-2
U Uncontested Matters
- part-time commissioner representing client in, 86-1
W WAC 292-11-020, Amended 00-13
WA. Const. Art 4, 99-9
WA. Const. Art. 4 §4, 99-11
WA. Const. Art. 4 §15, 91-21
WA. Const. Art. 4 §31, 99-11
WeddingWitness
- court telephone listing, 91-14
- fees for solemnizing, 90-5, 94-11
- outside of county where sit, 00-8
- pro tempore judges, 95-20
- use of court facilities, 93-30
- use of court staff, 93-30
- judge as, factual testimony, 85-4, 91-24, 93-12
- judge as, opinion testimony, 85-4
- judge as, discovery, 91-24
Last updated Janurary 31, 2002
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