Order ¶ 2A
Order Establishing Committee on Judicial Conduct
Rule Text
Alternate members shall be appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court:
A. One alternate member shall be either an active or an active retired justice of the Superior Court who shall serve whenever a member of the Committee from that Court is recused or is otherwise unavailable to participate in Committee action;
B. One alternate member shall be a judge or an active retired judge of the District Court who shall serve whenever a member of the Committee from that Court is recused or is otherwise unavailable to participate in Committee action;
C. One alternate member shall be an attorney at law admitted to practice in the State of Maine who shall serve whenever an attorney member is recused or is otherwise unable to participate in Committee action;
D. One alternate member shall be a representative of the general public of the State of Maine, not an attorney or a member of the judiciary, and shall serve whenever a public member of the Committee is recused or is otherwise unable to participate in Committee actions; and
E. One alternate member shall be a judge of the Probate Courts who shall serve whenever a member of the Committee from those Courts is recused or is otherwise unavailable to participate in Committee action.
Amendment history: All of the Justices concurring therein, the ORDER establishing this Committee took effect on July 5, 1978. The Order was amended by orders that took effect on August 21, 1978, December 11, 1981, March 7, 1983, November 15, 1983, December 1, 1984, August 18, 1987, May 13, 1993, August 1, 1994, October 1, 1998, January 1, 2001, November 10, 2015, July 1, 2018, November 12, 2019, September 22, 2020, and July 1, 2021, and is hereby further amended, effective June 25, 2025, to provide as follows: