NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #273 – 11/17/1972 (65-72) appearance, part-time public, political activity, prosecutors, town/village Clarified by 476 Topic: Town Attorney; Political Activity Digest: Town attorney with prosecuting duties generally may not be member of county or town committee of a political party Code:  Canon 9; EC 7-13; 8-8; … Continued

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #272 – 11/17/1972 (62-72) endorsement of political candidates by, part-time public official, political activity, prosecutors Clarified by 537, 552 Topic: Prosecuting Attorney; Political Activities Digest: Prosecuting attorney may not campaign for candidates for public office Code:  EC 7-13; 8-8; 9-1; 9-2; 9-4; 9-6; Canon 9 … Continued

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #271 – 11/17/1972 (58-72) judges, political activity Topic: Judges; Partisan Politics Digest: Improper for candidate for judicial office to agree with political organization as a condition to designation by its party not to seek nomination of another political party Code:  EC 8-6; Canon 8 QUESTION … Continued