After considering public comment, committee issues final opinion on ethical considerations for judicial officers invited to celebrations for private, for-profit law firms.
The Supreme Court of California on Thursday announced four appointments to the State Bar Board of Trustees and five appointments to the State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners.
The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold a public hearing on September 26 starting at 11 a.m. to consider the appointment of Judge Martha Gooding as an associate justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three (Santa Ana).
Final opinion follows public comment and provides guidance for judges on ethical considerations when inviting outside speakers and groups to give educational presentations to the court
Committee says justices should disqualify staff attorneys from working on appellate matters if the attorney’s prior service as a lawyer in the proceeding would disqualify a justice who had served in such a capacity.