Appellate Practice
Jul. 18, 2023
New ethics rules issued for Court of Appeal staff attorneys
“The staff attorney also does not work on any appeal involving the subject matters at issue in the civil class actions” or criminal matters, a California Supreme Court committee advised.
Appellate court staff attorneys cannot work on cases in which they were previously involved if a justice would have been disqualified in the same circumstances, the state Supreme Court’s Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions said in an advisory opinion.
“As a matter of practice, and to comply with the ethics requirements for judicial impartiality, the justice does not assign the staff attorney to work on any matter involving a named class ...
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