Judges and Judiciary,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Nov. 15, 2021
Bill proposes an intelligent approach to judicial financial disclosure
The Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act is a bipartisan bill -- an all-too-uncommon phenomenon in today's political environment -- which presents a readily enforceable approach to the financial disclosure issue of financial conflicts on the federal bench.
Fred Bennett
Email: fredgbennettADR@outlook.com
1946-2022. Experienced international and domestic arbitrator and mediator, fellow with the College of Commercial Arbitrators, member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and the ICC Commission, former head of arbitration at Quinn Emanuel and Gibson Dunn.
Most practicing litigators know that judges have an ethical obligation to disqualify themselves from any case where the judge has a financial interest in one of the parties. For federal judges, this charge is statutory (28 U.S.C. Section 455). Supplemental details are provided by federal regulations (U.S. Guide to Judicial Policy, Ethics and Judicial Conduct, Part D -- Financial Disclosures). More specifically, the regulations require disqualification where a judge ha...
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