Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Sep. 6, 2022
It’s OK for judges to coach teams with attorneys’ kids, ethics panel says
The formal opinion, now part of the Code of Judicial Ethics and the California Code of Civil Procedure, says judges “are encouraged to be active in their communities and coaching a youth sports team is a rewarding way to do so.”
Trial judges who volunteer as youth sports coaches need not disqualify themselves when an attorney with a child on the judge’s team appears in court, the Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions announced Friday.
“Judges who take on coaching roles can feel confident that this opinion provides guidance about their disqualification and disclosure obligations,” San Joaquin County Judge George J. Abdallah, a member of the ethics pan...
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