2006-01 When engaged in the outside
practice of law and/or in volunteer/pro
bono services, ALJ must take steps to
avoid conflict of interest and recuse himself
from presiding over cases involving his former
or present clients, attorneys with whom he
practiced within the past two years, and
attorneys to whom he referred, or from whom he
received referral of a case.
2006-02 ALJ whose sister works: for
the same agency, is the agency’s
representative at the hearing over which the ALJ presides, and whose decision the ALJ
reviews must recuse himself from presiding
over such cases.
2006-02 For purposes of Rule
4.3.d.1.E, the following persons are relatives
within the third degree of relationship:
great-grandparent, grandparent, parent, uncle,
aunt, brother, sister, child, grandchild,
great-grandchild, nephew, or niece.
2006-02 ALJ with actual bias
or prejudice concerning a party, a party’s
lawyer or a party’s representative shall
disqualify her/himself.
2006-02 The fact that an ALJ’s
impartiality might reasonably be questioned may
require her/his disqualification.
2007-01 When engaged in the
outside practice of law, ALJ must take steps
to avoid conflict of interest and recuse
himself from cases that involve attorneys,
within the last two years with whom he
practiced; against whom he practiced; to whom
he referred a case; or from whom he received
referral of a case.
2007-01 Since the ALJ presides
over matters involving governmental employers,
in his private practice the ALJ must not
practice before any state agency, department,
board, commission, college, university,
institution, state board of education,
department of education, county board of
education, regional educational service agency
or multi-county vocational center.
2008-02
An attorney who divests herself of her
practice of representing public employees may
preside over cases for the state agency before
which her former clients’ cases are pending
under the condition that she recuse herself
from hearing any cases: that involve
attorneys within the last two years; with whom
she practiced; against whom she practiced; to
whom she referred a case; or from whom she
received referral of a case; SEQ CHAPTER \h \r
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party; and in which she or an associate served
as a lawyer in the case.
