OPINIONS OF THE JUDICIAL ETHICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TOPICAL INDEX Opinions 1972/1 through 2018/23 Revision Date: September 28, 2018 Prepared by the Publications Unit, Office of the State Courts Administrator TABLE OF CONTENTS *Place your cursor over the item which you would like to view and press Control+click to go directly to that item. Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (now Florida Justice Association): .................................12 Acceptance: (see also Compensation and Contributions) ........................................................12 Active Opposition: (see Political, Canon 7) ...............................................................................13 Administration of Justice, Canon 4: ..........................................................................................13 Advertisement: (see also Campaign Advertising) .....................................................................16 Advisor: .........................................................................................................................................17 Advisory Board/Committee: .......................................................................................................17 Affidavit: .......................................................................................................................................18 Air Force Reserve: .......................................................................................................................18 Alcohol and Drug Council: .........................................................................................................18 Alcoholics Anonymous: ...............................................................................................................18 American Bar Association: .........................................................................................................18 American Red Cross: ...................................................................................................................18 Amicus Brief: ................................................................................................................................19 Ancillary Administrator:.............................................................................................................19 Anti-Defamation League: ............................................................................................................19 Appeals Referee: ..........................................................................................................................19 Appearance:..................................................................................................................................19 Appearance of Impropriety: (see also Impartiality of Judge) .................................................20 Application of Code: ....................................................................................................................25 Appointment:................................................................................................................................25 Arbitrator: ....................................................................................................................................26 Attendance, Canons 4, 5, 7: .........................................................................................................26 Attorney: .......................................................................................................................................28 Auction: .........................................................................................................................................31 Author: ..........................................................................................................................................31 Avocational Activities: .................................................................................................................32 Awards: .........................................................................................................................................32 Bailiff:............................................................................................................................................33 ______________________________________________________________________________ JEAC Topical Index September 2017 2 Bank: .............................................................................................................................................33 Bar: ................................................................................................................................................33 Beneficiary: ...................................................................................................................................34 Bias: ...............................................................................................................................................34 Bidding: .........................................................................................................................................34 Blog: ..............................................................................................................................................35 Board of Directors: (see Director or Board of Directors) ........................................................35 Book, etc.: (see Author and Publications) ..................................................................................35 Boys Club:.....................................................................................................................................35 Boys Ranch: ..................................................................................................................................35 Brochure: ......................................................................................................................................35 Brother: (see Family) ...................................................................................................................35 Bull Snort Forum, Inc.: ...............................................................................................................35 Bumper Strip:...............................................................................................................................35 Business Dealings, Canon 5:........................................................................................................35 Business Person: ...........................................................................................................................37 Buying Lawsuit: ...........................................................................................................................37 Campaign: ...................................................................................................................................37 Campaign Advertising: (see also Campaign Literature) .........................................................37 Campaign Conduct: .....................................................................................................................39 Campaign Funds, Canon 7: ........................................................................................................42 Campaign Literature: ..................................................................................................................44 Candidate: (see also Judicial Candidate) ...................................................................................45 Candidate for Judicial Office: (see Judicial Candidate) ..........................................................46 Chair: ............................................................................................................................................46 Chamber of Commerce: ..............................................................................................................46 Chambers, Judge’s .......................................................................................................................47 Character Letter: .........................................................................................................................47 Character Witness: ......................................................................................................................48 Charitable and Civic Organizations, Activities, Canon 5C: ....................................................48 Charter of Boat: ...........................................................................................................................53 Child: .............................................................................................................................................53 ______________________________________________________________________________ JEAC Topical Index September 2017 3 Child Abuse: .................................................................................................................................53 Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer: ..........................................................................53 Civic: (see also Charitable and Civic Organizations, Activities) .............................................54 Civil Traffic Infraction Hearing Officer: ..................................................................................54 Close Corporation:.......................................................................................................................54 Closing Law Practice: ..................................................................................................................55 Club: ..............................................................................................................................................55 Code: (see Application of Code) .................................................................................................55 Co-Executor: ................................................................................................................................55 Co-Guardian: ...............................................................................................................................55 Co-Host: ........................................................................................................................................55 Commendation: ............................................................................................................................56 Commissioner: (see General Master/Magistrate) .....................................................................56 Committee: ...................................................................................................................................56 Communication: ...........................................................................................................................57 Community Service: ....................................................................................................................58 Compensation:..............................................................................................................................58 Complimentary: ...........................................................................................................................60 Condominium Association: .........................................................................................................60 Confidentiality: ............................................................................................................................61 Conflict of Interest: (see also Disqualification of Judges, Family, and Recusal) ...................61 Constitutional Revision: ..............................................................................................................64 Consultant, Paid:..........................................................................................................................64 Consultation: ................................................................................................................................65 Contributions: ..............................................................................................................................65 Cooperative Association: .............................................................................................................66 Corporation: .................................................................................................................................66 Council on Aging: ........................................................................................................................67 Counsel: (see Attorney) ...............................................................................................................67 County:..........................................................................................................................................67 Court: ............................................................................................................................................67 Court Administrator: ..................................................................................................................68 ______________________________________________________________________________ JEAC Topical Index September 2017 4 Court Staff: ...................................................................................................................................68 Criticism: ......................................................................................................................................68 Dating: ...........................................................................................................................................68 Daughter: (see Family) ................................................................................................................68 Decorum: ......................................................................................................................................68 Defense Fund: ...............................................................................................................................68 Director or Board of Directors, Canon 5: (see also Memberships) .........................................69 Disclaimer: ....................................................................................................................................73 Disclosure: (see also Reporting) ..................................................................................................73 Disqualification of Judge, Canon 3E (formerly 3C): (see also Recusal) .................................77 Domestic Violence: .......................................................................................................................82 Donations by Judges: ...................................................................................................................83 Dual Employment: .......................................................................................................................83 Electronic Recording of Court Proceedings: .............................................................................83 Endorsement: ...............................................................................................................................83 Entertaining: ................................................................................................................................85 Estate: (see also Family and Trustee).........................................................................................85 Ex Parte Communication: ...........................................................................................................85 Exhibition Basketball: .................................................................................................................86 Expert Witness: ............................................................................................................................86 Exploiting Judicial Position: .......................................................................................................86 Expression of Views: (see also Communication) .......................................................................86 Extrajudicial Activity, Canon 5: (see also Teaching) ...............................................................87 Family: ..........................................................................................................................................92 Family Mediator: .........................................................................................................................98 Fees: (see also Compensation).....................................................................................................98 Fiduciary: (see Estate and Trustee)............................................................................................99 Filing Financial Reports: .............................................................................................................99 Financial: (see also Business Dealings) ......................................................................................99 Florida Bar: (see Bar) ................................................................................................................101 Former Business Associates: .....................................................................................................101 Former Employee: .....................................................................................................................101 ______________________________________________________________________________ JEAC Topical Index September 2017 5 Former Employer: .....................................................................................................................101 Former Firm: .............................................................................................................................101 Former Partner: .........................................................................................................................102 Forms: .........................................................................................................................................102 Friend: .........................................................................................................................................102 Fund-Granting: ..........................................................................................................................102 Fund-Raising: .............................................................................................................................102 General Master/Magistrate: .....................................................................................................107 Gift: (see also Acceptance) ........................................................................................................108 Golf: .............................................................................................................................................108 Governmental Committee: (see also Director or Board of Directors) ..................................108 Guardian:....................................................................................................................................109 Hospital Board: ..........................................................................................................................109 Husband: (see Family) ...............................................................................................................109 Impartiality of Judge: (see also Appearance of Impropriety) ...............................................109 Income or Compensation: (see also Fees and Compensation) ...............................................116 Incumbent Judge: ......................................................................................................................116 Indigents: ....................................................................................................................................116 Inherited Property: ....................................................................................................................116 Inquiry: .......................................................................................................................................116 Interest: .......................................................................................................................................117 Internet (see also Social Media): ...............................................................................................117 Interview: ....................................................................................................................................117 Invention: ....................................................................................................................................117 Investment: .................................................................................................................................118 Judge: ..........................................................................................................................................118 Judge-Elect: ................................................................................................................................120 Judgment: ...................................................................................................................................120 Judicial Assistant: ......................................................................................................................120 Judicial Candidate: (see also Candidate and Political, Canon 7) ..........................................121 Judicial Duties: ...........................................................................................................................129 Judicial Nominating Commission: ...........................................................................................129 ______________________________________________________________________________ JEAC Topical Index September 2017 6 Jurisdiction of Committee: ........................................................................................................129 Jury: ............................................................................................................................................130 Juvenile Dependency Hearing Officers: ..................................................................................130 Land: ...........................................................................................................................................130 Law: .............................................................................................................................................130 Law Clerk: ..................................................................................................................................130 Law Firm: ...................................................................................................................................131 Law Office Building:..................................................................................................................132 Law Practice: ..............................................................................................................................132 Law-Related Purpose: ...............................................................................................................132 Lawyer: (see Attorney) ..............................................................................................................132 Lease: ..........................................................................................................................................132 Lectures: .....................................................................................................................................133 Legal Action by Court: ..............................................................................................................133 Legal Aid Society: ......................................................................................................................133 Legal Counsel: ............................................................................................................................133 Legal Directories: .......................................................................................................................134 Legislative Office: ......................................................................................................................134 Legislators: .................................................................................................................................134 Lending Prestige of Office: (see also Prestige of Judicial Office) ..........................................134 Letter: (see also Appearance of Impropriety and Character Letter) ...................................138 Letterhead: (see also Stationery) ..............................................................................................139 License: .......................................................................................................................................140 Limited Partnership: .................................................................................................................140 Litigation by Judge: ...................................................................................................................140 Lobbying: ....................................................................................................................................140 MADD: ........................................................................................................................................140 Magistrate:..................................................................................................................................140 Mandated Dissolution of Marriage Programs: .......................................................................141 Marriage Counselors: ................................................................................................................141 Marriages: (see Wedding Ceremony) ......................................................................................141 Martindale-Hubbell: ..................................................................................................................141 ______________________________________________________________________________ JEAC Topical Index September 2017 7 Media: (see also Social Media) ..................................................................................................141 Mediation: ...................................................................................................................................142 Memberships: (see also Director or Board of Directors) .......................................................143 Mentor: .......................................................................................................................................148 Merit Retention: .........................................................................................................................148 Military: ......................................................................................................................................149 Mock Trial: .................................................................................................................................149 Moderator:..................................................................................................................................149 Mortgages: ..................................................................................................................................149 Municipal Judge: .......................................................................................................................149 Name of Judge: ...........................................................................................................................149 National Guard: .........................................................................................................................150 Nominations: ..............................................................................................................................150 Nonpartisan: ...............................................................................................................................150 Non-Profit Corporation/Organization: ....................................................................................150 Notice: .........................................................................................................................................151 Oaths: ..........................................................................................................................................151 Officer: ........................................................................................................................................151 Oral Argument: ..........................................................................................................................152 Ordinary Social Hospitality: .....................................................................................................152 Panel Moderator: .......................................................................................................................152 Parenting: ...................................................................................................................................152 Parole and Probation Commission: .........................................................................................152 Participation: (see also Memberships) .....................................................................................152 Partisan: (see also Political, Canon 7) ......................................................................................154 Partner: .......................................................................................................................................154 Part-Time: ..................................................................................................................................154 Payment: .....................................................................................................................................155 Pending Proceeding: ..................................................................................................................155 Personal Solicitation: .................................................................................................................155 Petition: .......................................................................................................................................156 Picture: ........................................................................................................................................156 ______________________________________________________________________________ JEAC Topical Index September 2017 8 Political, Canon 7: ......................................................................................................................157 Post Trial Comments: ................................................................................................................162 Practice of Law, Canon 5G: ......................................................................................................162 President: ....................................................................................................................................164 Prestige of Judicial Office: (see also Lending Prestige of Office) ..........................................164 Probate: .......................................................................................................................................165 Probationer:................................................................................................................................165 Property: .....................................................................................................................................165 Public Comment: .......................................................................................................................165 Public Confidence: .....................................................................................................................166 Public Defender:.........................................................................................................................166 Public Support: ..........................................................................................................................166 Publications: ...............................................................................................................................166 Purchase: ....................................................................................................................................167 Quasi-Judicial Activity: .............................................................................................................168 Questionnaires: ..........................................................................................................................169 Rating: .........................................................................................................................................169 Real Estate: .................................................................................................................................169 Recommendation: ......................................................................................................................170 Recusal: .......................................................................................................................................170 Re-Elect:......................................................................................................................................175 Refer: ...........................................................................................................................................175 Reference Letter: (see Character Letter) ................................................................................175 Relative: (see Family) ................................................................................................................175 Religious: ....................................................................................................................................175 Remuneration:............................................................................................................................176 Rent: ............................................................................................................................................176 Reporting: ...................................................................................................................................176 Representation: ..........................................................................................................................177 Reserve Military Officer: ..........................................................................................................177 Resign-to-Run: ...........................................................................................................................177 Resignation: ................................................................................................................................178 ______________________________________________________________________________ JEAC Topical Index September 2017 9 Response: ....................................................................................................................................178 Retain: .........................................................................................................................................178 Retired Attorney: .......................................................................................................................178 Retired Judge: ............................................................................................................................178 Rezoning: ....................................................................................................................................179 Sale: .............................................................................................................................................179 Salvation Army: .........................................................................................................................180 Self-Advertisement: ...................................................................................................................180 Seminars: ....................................................................................................................................180 Senior Judge: (see also Retired Judge) ....................................................................................181 Sentence: .....................................................................................................................................181 Shareholder: ...............................................................................................................................182 Single Member Districts: ...........................................................................................................182 Social Activities: .........................................................................................................................182 Social Media: ..............................................................................................................................182 Solicitation: .................................................................................................................................183 Son: (see Family) ........................................................................................................................184 Spanish: .......................................................................................................................................184 Speaker: ......................................................................................................................................184 Speech: ........................................................................................................................................186 Sponsorship: ...............................................................................................................................186 Spouse: (see Family) ..................................................................................................................186 State Attorney: ...........................................................................................................................186 Statement: ...................................................................................................................................186 Stationery: ..................................................................................................................................187 Statute: ........................................................................................................................................187 Stock Ownership: .......................................................................................................................187 Subpoena: ...................................................................................................................................187 Substantially Affected: ..............................................................................................................188 Suit: .............................................................................................................................................188 Supervised Estate: ......................................................................................................................188 Tape Recording: .........................................................................................................................188 ______________________________________________________________________________ JEAC Topical Index September 2017 10
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