Rule 3.11 Financial, Business, or Remunerative Activities
Canon 3: A judge should regulate extra-judicial activities to minimize the risk of conflict with judicial duties
Rule Text
(A) A judge may hold and manage investments of the judge and members of the judge’s family.
(B) A judge should not serve as an officer, director, general partner, manager, advisor or employee of any business entity, except that a judge may manage or participate in:
(1) a business closely held and controlled by members of the judge's family.
(2) a business entity primarily engaged in investment of the financial resources of the judge or members of the judge’s family.
(C) A judge's participation in a closely held family business may be prohibited if it takes too much time or involves misuse of or is demeaning to the judicial office or if the business is likely to come before the judge's court.
(D) A judge should refrain from financial and business dealings that tend to reflect adversely on the judge's impartiality, interfere with the proper performance of judicial duties, exploit or demean the judicial position, or involve the judge in frequent transactions with lawyers or other persons likely to come before the court on which the judge serves.
(E) A judge has the rights of an ordinary citizen with respect to financial affairs, except to the extent that limitations thereon are required to safeguard the proper performance of the judge's duties. Owning and receiving income from investments do not as such affect the performance of a judge's duties.