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1990 ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct

The 1990 ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct was adopted by the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association on August 7, 1990, and amended in 1997, 1999 and 2003.

On September 23, 2003, American Bar Association President Dennis W. Archer, Jr., announced the appointment of a Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct. Click here to learn more.

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ISBN: 1-59031-392-5

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American Bar Association
Standing Committee on Ethics
and Professional Responsibility
and Judicial Code Subcommittee

(1987-1990)

*Helaine M. Barnett
New York, New York
(1987-1990)
*M. Peter Moser
Chair of the Standing Committee
Baltimore, Maryland
(1987-1990)

 

William J. Brennan III
Princeton, New Jersey
(1989)
*Honorable James A. Noe
Seattle, Washington
(1987-1990)

 

Samuel Dash
Washington, DC
(1989-1990)
*Hon. Robert F. Peckham
San Francisco, California
(1987-1990)

 

Ralph G. Elliot
Hartford, Connecticut
(1989-1990)
*Hon. David G. Roberts
Bangor, Maine
(Member of Judge's Advisory Committee)

 

Michael Franck
Lansing, Michigan
(1988-1990)
*Seth Rosner
New York, New York
(1987-1990)

 

Daniel T. Goyette
Louisville, Kentucky
(1989-1990)
Richard H. Sinkfield
Atlanta, Georgia
(1987-1990)

 

F. Evans Harvill
Clarksville, Tennessee
(1987-1990)
*William F. Womble
Chair of the Subcommittee
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
(1987-1990)

 

*Robert O. Hetlage
St. Louis, Missouri
(1987-1990)
David B. Isbell
Washington, D.C.
(1989-1990)

 

*Members of the Subcommittee

Reporter

Lisa L. Milord
Chicago Heights, Illinois
former ABA Ethics Counsel

 

Research Attorneys
Georganne E. Marsh
(1987-1989)
Lynda Glyman
(1989-1990)
Ethics Counsel

George A. Kuhlman
Chicago, Illinois

Advisor Consultant
Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr.
Professor of Law
Yale Law School
New Haven, Connecticut
Michael Josephson
President and Founder
Josephson Institute for the Advancement of Ethics
Marina Del Rey, California

 

Liaisons
Hon. Sylvia Bacon
Judge, D.C. Superior Court
(Committee of the ABA Judicial
Administration Division to
Coordinate Revision of Code
of Judicial Conduct)
Hon. John D. Holschuh
Judge, U.S. District Court
Columbus, Ohio
(Advisory Committee on Codes
of Judicial Conduct of the
Judicial Conference of the U.S.)

 

Hon. Vivi L. Dilweg
Judge, Brown County Court
Green Bay, Wisconsin
(Committee of the ABA Judicial
Administration Division to
Coordinate Revision of Code
of Judicial Conduct)
Hon. Ellen Ash Peters
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of CT
(Conference of Chief Justices of the
State Courts)

Jeffrey M. Shaman
The Center for Judicial Conduct
Organizations, Chicago, Illinois


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