GENERAL INDEX TO ETHICS OPINIONS

 

                                                                                                                                          Opinion No.

 

 

ACCEPTANCE OF HOLIDAY GIFTS ............................................................................. 194

 

ADVERTISING

court's web site displaying law firm advertisements .................................................... 248

            judge’s spouse as candidate for judicial office…………………………………….....295

 

ADVISOR

to Public Task Force ................................................................................................. 86

 

AFFIDAVITS

character .................................................................................................................. 207

competency .............................................................................................................. 277

presented by bail bondsman ...................................................................................... 287

 

APPOINTMENT

            bailiff .......................................................................................................................... 30

            brother-in-law to the county juvenile advisory council ................................................ 182

            grandnephew as attorney .............................................................................................. 1

            local government records committee .......................................................................... 138

            master ....................................................................................................................... 175

            position of guardian at litem ........................................................................................ 116

            probate court investigator ........................................................................................... 175

            qualifications of appointee ............................................................................................ 79

            relative as CASA volunteer ........................................................................................ 264

            spouse of court employees ......................................................................................... 290

 

ARBITRATOR (see also MEDIATOR) ................................................................................ 124

 

ATTENDANCE BY JUDGE

            at lawyers' party .......................................................................................................... 39

            at law firm function .................................................................................................... 262

            at meeting to honor judge ............................................................................................ 24

 

ATTORNEY FOR SELF ...................................................................................................... 226

 

ATTORNEY REFERRAL FEE ............................................................................................... 49

                 .............................................................................................................................. 255

                 .............................................................................................................................. 293

 

AWARD

to practicing lawyer ................................................................................................. 244

 

BAIL BOND BUSINESS

            communication between bail bondsman and judge ................................................... 287

            justice of the peace ................................................................................................. 142

            municipal judge ....................................................................................................... 261

 

BOND ISSUE ..................................................................................................................... 82

                 ........................................................................................................................... 163

 

BROADCASTING .............................................................................................................. 19

 

BROKER FOR SALES ..................................................................................................... 271

 

CAMPAIGN

            bumper sticker supporting political candidate ........................................................... 136

            judge’s spouse as candidate for judicial office………………………………………295

            no response to letter construed as act of support ...................................................... 272

            statement that opponent "removed" from office ......................................................... 169

            use of the words "reelect" and "keep" ....................................................................... 135

 

CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING (see also POLITICAL ADVERTISING) ............................ 168

 

CAMPAIGN FUNDS

            charity serving inner city youth .................................................................................. 219

            dollar limits .............................................................................................................. 177

            limitations ................................................................................................................ 181

            raising by direct mail .................................................................................................. 96

            solicit and accept contributions ................................................................................ 176

 

CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS ............................................................................................ 212

 

CAMPAIGNING

            for other candidates ................................................................................................. 170

 

CANDIDATE(S)

            employment by judge of candidate for political office ................................................ 267

            introducing friends to candidate ................................................................................. 13

            judge’s spouse as candidate for judicial office………………………………………295

            justice of the peace ................................................................................................. 193

            meeting with and discussing issues ............................................................................. 14

            multiple candidates endorsed or advertised in single publication ................................ 213

                (by individual, PAC, political party and/or specialty bar)

            ownership of title company ...................................................................................... 227

            recommending that friends vote for candidate ............................................................ 13

            repudiate illegal vote ................................................................................................ 117

 

CHARACTER AFFIDAVIT .............................................................................................. 207

 

CHARITY

            donating existing campaign funds to .......................................................................... 219

            judge as chair of fund raising event ........................................................................... 249

            judge on honorary committee or host committee ....................................................... 251

                 ........................................................................................................................... 252

            waiter ...................................................................................................................... 220

 

CLE PRESENTATIONS ................................................................................................... 276

 

CLERK

            selling docket report ................................................................................................ 107

 

CO-CHAIRMAN

            of a fund raising event for another candidate .............................................................. 59

 

COLLECTING

            child support court fees ............................................................................................ 126

            court fees by county court at law judges ................................................................... 105

            notary public fees .................................................................................................... 197

 

COLLECTION AGENCY ................................................................................................. 211

 

COLUMNIST

            weekly column concerning legal matters ..................................................................... 63

 

COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT ................................................................... 217

 

COMPETENCY AFFIDAVIT .......................................................................................... 277

 

CONDUCT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES ................................................................ 121

 

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION ................................................................................. 282

 

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

            speaking at law firm, bar association, or law school ................................................. 276

 

CONTRIBUTION(S)

            to the Democratic Party .............................................................................................. 4

            from lawyers ............................................................................................................. 48

 

COUNTY COURT AT LAW JUDGE

            practicing law .............................................................................................................. 9

            presiding when county judge appears as attorney ...................................................... 260

 

COURT PERSONNEL (see also STAFF)

            accepting payment for information regarding cases .................................................... 257

            appellate court staff attorney .................................................................................... 283

            employee ................................................................................................................ 106

            fund raising .............................................................................................................. 110

            sales for charity ........................................................................................................ 111

            service on charitable board of directors .................................................................... 112

            solicit funds .............................................................................................................. 110

            summer judicial intern provided by bar association .................................................... 286

            trip paid for by attorney ........................................................................................... 140

 

DELEGATE TO PARTY CONVENTION ........................................................................ 53C

                 ........................................................................................................................... 259

 

DESIGNATION OF SAFE DRIVING COURSE .............................................................. 118

 

DIRECTOR OF A BANK ................................................................................................... 89

 

DISCIPLINARY MEASURES AGAINST A LAWYER ..................................................... 45

 

DISQUALIFICATION (see also RECUSAL)

            child has interest in law firm ....................................................................................... 29

            shares of stock .......................................................................................................... 27

                 ............................................................................................................................. 35

 

EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION .......................................................................................... 16

 

ELECTIVE OFFICE IN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ........................................... 93

 

EMPLOYEE OF A JUDGE

            subject to Code ....................................................................................................... 106

            candidate for political office ...................................................................................... 267

 

ENDORSEMENT

            another person's candidacy ........................................................................................ 92

            candidate ................................................................................................................ 53A

            candidate for public office .......................................................................................... 73

            lawyer referral service .............................................................................................. 203

            of candidates by Justice of the Peace and Constables Association ............................. 224

            political candidate(s) .................................................................................................. 73

                 ........................................................................................................................... 130

            political party ........................................................................................................... 53B

 

EX PARTE

            communications ....................................................................................................... 173

                 between appellate judge and trial judge ............................................................... 263

                 between judge and district attorney ..................................................................... 285

                 from litigants ....................................................................................................... 154

                 with bail bondsman ............................................................................................. 287

            hearing authorized by law ......................................................................................... 183

 

EXPERT WITNESS ........................................................................................................... 139

 

FACILITATOR

            community dispute ................................................................................................... 171

                 ....................................................................................................................................

FACULTY EVALUATIONS IN CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING........................................ 168

 

FEE     ................................................................................................................................ 236

 

FILMING ............................................................................................................................ 75

 

FINANCIAL UNDERTAKING ............................................................................................ 8

 

FORMER JUDGE

            arbitrator or mediator ................................................................................................ 99

                 ........................................................................................................................... 124

 

FREE PASSES ..................................................................................................................... 44

 

FUND RAISING

            activities .................................................................................................................... 41

                 operatic singer ...................................................................................................... 41

                 selling tickets ........................................................................................................ 11

            as treasurer of "get out the vote" campaign ................................................................. 51

            auctions ................................................................................................................... 205

            campaign funds by direct mail .................................................................................... 96

            chair of fund raiser of a non-profit charity ................................................................. 249

            co-chairman of fund raising events for another candidate ............................................ 59

            civic organization ..................................................................................................... 165

            county bar association ............................................................................................. 205

            dollar limits .............................................................................................................. 177

            effective date of limitations ....................................................................................... 181

            events

                 campaign costs ..................................................................................................... 55

                 for political party ................................................................................................. 162

                 living expenses ...................................................................................................... 55

                 member of host committee .................................................................................. 150

                 non-election year .................................................................................................. 56

                 office expenses ..................................................................................................... 55

                 supportive comments for other candidates ............................................................. 60

            for National Center for State Courts ........................................................................ 196

            for parochial school ................................................................................................... 25

            for political party ..................................................................................................... 162

            for scholarship for judicial intern ............................................................................... 286

            for Texas Association of District Judges ................................................................... 201

            for Texas Center for the Judiciary, Inc ....................................................................... 58

                 ........................................................................................................................... 199

                 ........................................................................................................................... 238

            honorary committee for Sickle Cell Association fund raiser ....................................... 251

            host committee for fund raiser for Guardian Ad Litem Task Force, Inc. ..................... 252

            non-profit organization for religious purposes ............................................................ 165

            raising campaign funds by direct mail .......................................................................... 96

            solicit and accept campaign contributions ................................................................... 76

            soliciting National Conference of Metropolitan Judges ................................................ 10

            spouse hosting party for another candidate in judge's home ....................................... 284

            United Way board of directors ................................................................................. 189

            use of name in D.A.R.E. solicitation .......................................................................... 280

 

"GET OUT THE VOTE" PROGRAM ................................................................................... 51

 

GIFTS

            acceptance of holiday gifts ........................................................................................ 194

            from a lawyer ........................................................................................................... 216

            to a judge for catastrophic loss ................................................................................. 215

 

GRIEF COUNSELING ...................................................................................................... 101

 

HONORARIUM ................................................................................................................ 278

 

HOSPITALITY

            from a lawyer .......................................................................................................... 216

 

HOT CHECKS

            war on hot checks ................................................................................................... 225

 

INSTRUCTION OF LAW OFFICERS ON CROSS-EXAMINATION ............................. 66

 

INTERPRETATION OF LAW ............................................................................................ 90

 

INTRODUCING CANDIDATES ........................................................................................ 13

 

 

JOINT

            Advertising .............................................................................................................. 100

            campaign by judicial candidates ............................................................................... 213

            fund raising event ..................................................................................................... 100

            political activity ........................................................................................................ 100

 

JUDGE

            as member of host committee for fund raising event .................................................. 150

            as participant in judicial liaison program ................................................................... 294

            as subject of a roast ................................................................................................ 198

            as trustee .................................................................................................................... 3

            owning business ...................................................................................................... 227

            political activities ..................................................................................................... 235

            use of title "judge" in advertising ............................................................................... 159

                 ........................................................................................................................... 164

                 ........................................................................................................................... 195

            use of title “judge” when judge’s spouse is candidate for judicial office…………........295

 

JUDICIAL ROBES

            wearing robes as lending prestige of office ................................................................ 253

 

JUROR QUALIFICATION PROCESS ............................................................................... 18

 

JURY PAY ......................................................................................................................... 147

 

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

            as sales tax coordinator ........................................................................................... 243

            as school board member .......................................................................................... 269

 

LEAVE WITHOUT PAY ................................................................................................... 223

 

LEGISLATION

            drafting or originating ................................................................................................. 76

 

LESSOR OF LAW OFFICE ...............................................................................................153

 

LETTER OF APPRECIATION TO JURORS ...................................................................... 68

                 ............................................................................................................................. 69

 

LETTER TO LOCAL BAR REQUESTING VOLUNTEERS ............................................. 258

 

LETTERHEAD

            asking lawyers to join bar association ....................................................................... 137

            committee to restore courthouse ...............................................................................131

            district judge retired ................................................................................................. 102

            former judge ............................................................................................................ 128

            fraternal organization ................................................................................................. 67

            included in for-profit publication .............................................................................. 192

            jury appreciation letters ............................................................................................. 68

                 ............................................................................................................................ 69

            law firm's stationery .................................................................................................. 87

            personal business and social correspondence ........................................................... 137

            picture of the judge .................................................................................................. 137

            retired or former judges ............................................................................................. 87

            solicit contributions .................................................................................................. 137

            substance abuse ...................................................................................................... 192

 

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION .............................................................................. 222

 

LOANS ............................................................................................................................... 94

 

MAINTAINING PART-TIME OFFICE AT A LAW SCHOOL OF A

STATE UNIVERSITY ....................................................................................................... 178

 

MARRIAGE CEREMONY (see also WEDDINGS)

            advertising and charging for marriage services ............................................................ 72

            fee .......................................................................................................................... 236

 

MASTER

            appearing as lawyer r................................................................................................ 166

            appointment of .......................................................................................................... 79

            municipal judge as part-time master .......................................................................... 187

            on leave without pay ................................................................................................ 223

            practice in that probate court ................................................................................... 200

            serve as a member of a city planning and zoning board ............................................... 80

 

MEDIATION

            to expedite settlement .............................................................................................. 120

            training .................................................................................................................... 233

 

MEDIATOR (see also ARBITRATOR)

            representation of client in mediation after appointment as judge ................................. 293

            civil cases ................................................................................................................ 120

            former judge as ....................................................................................................... 124

            master on leave serving as ....................................................................................... 223

            pro bono ................................................................................................................. 161

            suspended judge as ................................................................................................. 217

 

MEETING

            with candidate and discussing issues and politics ......................................................... 14

            with county commissioners concerning county's cases ............................................... 133

            with local trial lawyers association representative ...................................................... 294

            with newspaper's editorial board .............................................................................. 134

 

MODERATOR

            community dispute ................................................................................................... 171

 

MORTGAGE COMPANY

            ownership of ............................................................................................................ 227

 

MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE

            practicing attorney ................................................................................................... 173

                  .......................................................................................................................... 288

            serving as certified peace officer, bailing, defense, and/or prosecuting attorney .......... 242

            serving as school board member or head of school security ...................................... 269

            serving while Family Court associate judge .............................................................. 273

 

NEPOTISM (see APPOINTMENT)

 

NEWS MEDIA

            inquiries ..................................................................................................................... 95

            serve as member of response team ........................................................................... 265

 

OWNERSHIP

            mortgage company .................................................................................................. 227

            office building leased to attorneys ............................................................................ 239

            professional corporation .......................................................................................... 129

            shares of stock .......................................................................................................... 27

            title insurance business ............................................................................................... 23

                 ........................................................................................................................... 227

 

PARDON ........................................................................................................................... 207

 

PAROLE ............................................................................................................................ 146

                 ........................................................................................................................... 266

 

PART-TIME

            county court at law judge ............................................................................................. 9

            judge ......................................................................................................................... 21

            judge representing clients ......................................................................................... 132

            master as commission appointee ............................................................................... 235

            master practicing law ................................................................................................ 190

            municipal judge endorsing candidates ......................................................................... 92

            municipal judge representing police officer ................................................................ 288

 

PARTNERS OR ASSOCIATES OF PART-TIME ASSOCIATE JUDGE

            practicing in court where associate judge appointed .................................................. 190

 

PARTY CONVENTIONS ................................................................................................ 53C

                 ............................................................................................................................ 259

 

PASSING OUT BUSINESS CARDS

            Criminal Lawyers Association ................................................................................... 174

 

PAYMENT FOR CASE INFORMATION ........................................................................ 257

 

POLITICAL ACTIVITY ........................................................................................................ 4

                 ............................................................................................................................. 13

                 ............................................................................................................................. 34

            "get out the vote" campaign ........................................................................................ 51

            introducing candidates ................................................................................................. 2

            State Bar election ...................................................................................................... 51

            support for candidate for executive committee ............................................................ 50

 

POLITICAL ADVERTISING

            by sitting judge ......................................................................................................... 159

            endorsements .......................................................................................................... 184

            judge’s spouse as candidate for judicial office ........................................................... 295

            position on abortion ................................................................................................. 184

            use of title "Judge" .................................................................................................... 159

                 ........................................................................................................................... 164

                 ........................................................................................................................... 195

                 ........................................................................................................................... 232

 

POLITICAL PARTY

            answering questions regarding party's platform ......................................................... 250

            campaigning for candidates of one's own party ......................................................... 170

            contributions ............................................................................................................... 4

                 ............................................................................................................................. 40

            guest of honor at fund raising event ........................................................................... 162

            state convention program ......................................................................................... 231

            support for candidate for executive committee ............................................................ 50

 

PRACTICING

            law .............................................................................................................................. 9

                 ........................................................................................................................... 132

                  .......................................................................................................................... 288

            psychologist, county judge as ................................................................................... 218

 

PREPARATION

            of application to commit person to mental hospital .................................................... 127

            of pleadings ............................................................................................................. 104

 

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF ORGANIZATIONS .............................................. 158

 

PROBATE COUNSEL FOR FAMILY MEMBER .............................................................. 47

 

PROBATION ...................................................................................................................... 38

 

PROSECUTING CASES

            by justices of the peace ............................................................................................ 225

 

PROXIMITY OF COUNTY ATTORNEY AND COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICES ........... 268

 

PUBLIC SUPPORT

            for anti-crime luncheon ............................................................................................ 185

 

REAL ESTATE

            ownership of building leased to attorneys .................................................................. 239

 

RECOMMENDATIONS

            letters of .................................................................................................................. 222

            that friends vote for candidates .................................................................................. 13

            to board of pardons and paroles .............................................................................. 146

                 ........................................................................................................................... 266

 

RECUSAL OR RECUSE (see also DISQUALIFICATION) .................................................. 7

                 ............................................................................................................................. 12

                 ............................................................................................................................. 27

                 ........................................................................................................................... 172

                 ........................................................................................................................... 178

            ownership of stock .................................................................................................... 35

 

REFERRAL FEE

            from an attorney ........................................................................................................ 49

                 ........................................................................................................................... 255

            from the realtor ........................................................................................................ 210

 

REFERRALS

            family counseling course ........................................................................................... 206

            to a private law firm ................................................................................................. 289

 

REGIONAL PLANNNG COMMISSION ......................................................................... 113

 

REMOVAL

            of retained attorney for ineffective assistance of counsel .............................................. 78

 

RENTAL

            former law office ..................................................................................................... 179

            house, as financial undertaking ..................................................................................... 8

 

REPRESENTATION

            of client in federal court in another state after appointment as judge ........................... 293

            of spouse ................................................................................................................ 226

 

REQUIRE DONATIONS TO SPECIFIC CHARITY ........................................................ 241

 

RESPONSE TO NEGATIVE PUBLICITY ........................................................................ 209

            serve on media response team .................................................................................. 265

 

RETIRED JUDGE

            extra-judicial service .................................................................................................. 32

            financial activities ....................................................................................................... 33

            former judge ............................................................................................................ 186

            judicial title .............................................................................................................. 155

            lawyer activities ....................................................................................................... 155

            not subject to assignment ......................................................................................... 186

            perform weddings .................................................................................................... 155

            political activities ..................................................................................................... 155

            practice of law - administrative tribunal ...................................................................... 46

            raise money for charities .......................................................................................... 155

            subject to recall ........................................................................................................ 15

            trustee in foreclosure ................................................................................................. 98

 

ROAST

            judge as subject of ................................................................................................... 198

 

SALE OF

            report on docket by clerk ........................................................................................ 107

            case information by judge and/or staff ...................................................................... 257

            final judgments, cash streams or accounts receivables ............................................... 271

 

SALES AGENT ................................................................................................................. 221

 

SALES TAX COORDINATOR

            justice of the peace .................................................................................................. 243

 

SCHOOL BOARD

            justice of the peace .................................................................................................. 143

                 ........................................................................................................................... 269

            municipal court judge ............................................................................................... 269

 

SELLING OF TICKETS FOR VARIOUS FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES......................... 11

 

SERVE ON OR AS

            advisor to public task force ........................................................................................ 86

            advisory board member ............................................................................................. 57

                 private non-profit corporation for battered wives ................................................... 57

            advisory director

                 on the board of a political subdivision .................................................................... 91

                 mutual savings and loan association ....................................................................... 38

            bar disciplinary committee .......................................................................................... 74

            board member of water supply corporation .............................................................. 228

            Board of Directors

                 Advocacy, Inc. ..................................................................................................... 26

                 Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program .................................................................. 281

                 local United Way ................................................................................................ 189

                 Shrine Temple .................................................................................................... 274

            board of a Mental Health Mental Retardation Center ................................................. 52

            board of a non-profit corporation ............................................................................. 245

                 which trains volunteers ........................................................................................ 240

            board of regents of a state university ........................................................................ 275

            board of trustees of the Texas Association of Counties Health Insurance Trust .......... 103

            both County Juvenile Board and Texas Juvenile Probation Commission .................... 148

            broker of sale of judgments ...................................................................................... 271

            CASA volunteer ...................................................................................................... 208

            chair of the Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women ........................................ 235

            chair of fund raising event for non-profit charity ........................................................ 249

            chairman of the board of a title company .................................................................... 81

            city attorney ............................................................................................................ 173

            city planning and zoning board ................................................................................... 80

            city's zoning board of adjustment ............................................................................. 203

            co-chairman of a committee .................................................................................... 115

            Commission on Status of Women .............................................................................. 28

            committee to prevent wrongful executions ................................................................ 256

            committee to restore courthouse .............................................................................. 131

            condominium board ................................................................................................. 279

            consultant

                 private non-profit corporation for housing project .................................................. 62

            criminal justice accounting board ................................................................................ 20

            D.A.R.E president ................................................................................................... 280

            delegate to party convention .................................................................................... 53C

                 ........................................................................................................................... 259

            director

                 bank ..................................................................................................................... 42

                 ............................................................................................................................. 89

                 ............................................................................................................................. 94

                 criminal justice advisory board .............................................................................. 20

                 mutual savings and loan association ....................................................................... 37

                 of county crime commission ................................................................................ 229

                 of holding company bank ...................................................................................... 61

                 private non-profit corporation for battered wives ................................................... 57

                 savings and loan association (see bank)

            district chairman or district commissioner of local Boy Scouts ................................... 158

            downtown development committee .......................................................................... 141

            Economic Development Corporation Board ............................................................ 114

            head of school security, municipal judge ................................................................... 269

            honorary committee for charity ................................................................................. 251

            host committee for Guardian Ad Litem, Inc. ............................................................. 252

            hospital division of a non-profit corporation ..............................................................144

            Institutional Review Board of the Mexia State School ................................................ 71

            Job Training Agency Board ..................................................................................... 122

            Judicial Council of the Children's Assessment Center .................................................270

            Knights of Columbus ................................................................................................158

            member of media response team .............................................................................. 265

            member of the National Committee to Prevent Wrongful Executions ......................... 256

            metropolitan transportation organization ................................................................... 113

            Municipal Commission on Disabilities ....................................................................... 167

            municipal judge ........................................................................................................ 273

            neighborhood association ......................................................................................... 279

            organizer of a new bank ............................................................................................. 70

            president of a county women's political caucus .......................................................... 235

            pro bono as a mediator ............................................................................................ 161

            property owners' corporation, officer or director of .................................................. 108

            Regional "Council of Governments" .......................................................................... 119

            reserve deputy sheriff in another county .................................................................... 149

            school board trustee ................................................................................................ 143

                 ........................................................................................................................... 269

            Sickle Cell Association honorary committee ............................................................. 251

            special assistant to the county party chair responsible for appointments ..................... 230

            State Bar Grievance Committee ................................................................................ 17

            state board concerned with non-judicial matters ........................................................ 65

            State Party Executive Committee ............................................................................ 259

            steering committee for constitutional amendment ...................................................... 109

            substitute trustee in non-judicial foreclosure proceedings ............................................ 98

            tax increment financing district ................................................................................. 113

            teen court judge ...................................................................................................... 273

            Texas Board of Criminal Justice .............................................................................. 246

            trustee ...................................................................................................................... 54

                 ............................................................................................................................. 84

                 ........................................................................................................................... 151

                 ........................................................................................................................... 152

            trustee of charitable trust .............................................................................................. 3

                 ............................................................................................................................. 77

                 ............................................................................................................................. 85

            uncompensated member of county employees' credit union ......................................... 43

            university regent ....................................................................................................... 275

            volunteer lawyers association .................................................................................... 282

 

SOLICITATION OF FUNDS (see also FUND RAISING)

            by judges .................................................................................................................. 10

            celebrity auctioneer for public TV .............................................................................. 16

            for banquet for law enforcement personnel ............................................................... 229

            from jury for Children's Protective Services .............................................................. 147

            parochial school ........................................................................................................ 25

            Texas Center for Judiciary ......................................................................................... 58

 

SPOUSE

            as corporate director of bank ..................................................................................... 70

            candidate for elective office .............................................................................. 180, 295

            host of fund raiser for another candidate in judge's home ........................................... 284

            member of a political action committee ..................................................................... 123

            represented by judge ............................................................................................... 226

 

STAFF (see also COURT PERSONNEL)

            accept holiday or seasonal gifts ................................................................................ 194

            accept payment for court information ....................................................................... 257

            attend holiday or seasonal law firm parties ............................................................... 194

            campaign for political candidates ............................................................................. 234

            contribute money to a candidate .............................................................................. 145

            court coordinator collecting notary fees .................................................................... 197

            participate in trip organized by attorney .................................................................... 140

            political activities ...................................................................................................... 145

            staff attorney performing pro bono appellate work .................................................... 283

            summer judicial intern provided by bar association .................................................... 286

            use of staff for State Bar committee work ................................................................. 160

 

STATE BAR COMMITTEE ............................................................................................... 160

 

STATE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT ......................................................... 90

                 ............................................................................................................................. 97

 

STOCK

            divestiture .................................................................................................................. 36

            recusal ....................................................................................................................... 35

 

SUPPORT

            creation of Judicial Compensation Commission ......................................................... 254

            for organization seeking CJAD funding ..................................................................... 214

            for bond issue ............................................................................................................ 82

            of bond election ......................................................................................................... 64

            of county bond election .............................................................................................. 82

            for candidate for executive chairman of political party .................................................. 50

 

SUPPORTIVE COMMENTS

            fund raising events for another .................................................................................... 60

 

SUSPENDED SENTENCE ................................................................................................ 125

 

SUSPENSION ................................................................................................................... 217

 

TEEN COURT JUDGE ...................................................................................................... 273

 

TELEVISION

            celebrity auctioneer .................................................................................................... 16

            for financial gain ....................................................................................................... 204

            in courtroom ............................................................................................................. 19

            moderator for public service TV ................................................................................ 22

            public service announcement seeking volunteers for charity ....................................... 253

            voir dire examination of a jury panel ........................................................................... 75

 

TESTIFY

            as an expert witness ................................................................................................. 139

            at attorney grievance proceeding .............................................................................. 277

 

THANK YOU PAGE IN POLITICAL PARTY STATE CONVENTION

FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ................................................................................................... 231

 

TITLE INSURANCE BUSINESS ........................................................................................ 23

 

TRIP

            by staff .................................................................................................................... 140

            constitutional county judge ....................................................................................... 156

 

TRUSTEE (see also SERVE ON OR AS) ............................................................................ 54

                 ............................................................................................................................ 84

                 ........................................................................................................................... 151

                 ........................................................................................................................... 152

            charitable trust ............................................................................................................. 3

                 ............................................................................................................................. 77

                 ............................................................................................................................. 85

 

VIOLATIONS OF LAW

            duty to report immigration law violations ................................................................... 247

 

VOLUNTEERS

            soliciting volunteers for pro bono legal clinic ............................................................. 258

 

WEB SITE

            court's use of law firm web site ................................................................................ 248

 

WEDDINGS (see also MARRIAGE CEREMONY)

            advertising and charging for ........................................................................................ 72

                 ........................................................................................................................... 193

            fee ........................................................................................................................... 236

            performance of .......................................................................................................... 72

            performed by former judge ....................................................................................... 155

            solicitation of ............................................................................................................ 292

 

WIFE AS BENEFICIARY OF TRUST .................................................................................. 5

 

WRITING ARTICLE DISCUSSING PRIOR DECISION .................................................. 191