Connecticut Committee on Judicial Ethics
Informal Opinion Summaries
2008-17 (November 26, 2008)
Recommendations; Canons 2 & 3
Issue:
May a Judicial Official
respond to a request from an individual for a
recommendation of an attorney to represent a person
in a specific legal matter?
Response:
Based upon
the facts presented, the Committee unanimously
agreed that a Judicial Official may recommend an
attorney to an individual provided that the
individual given the recommendation has a
sufficiently close relationship to the Judicial
Official that the Judicial Official would
automatically recuse himself or herself from a case
involving that person independent of whether the
Judicial Official provides a recommendation. If a
Judicial Official provides a recommendation, he/she
should recommend multiple names of counsel.
Committee on Judicial Ethics