Rule 1.2 Application
Rule Text
(A) Persons who perform the functions of a judge and who have been (1) duly elected, (2) appointed by the Governor, or (3) employed full-time to perform the functions of a judge on an appellate court, the tax court, or a circuit court shall comply with this Code at all times.
(B) Persons who perform the functions of a judge as senior judges under ORS 1.300
(1) are not required to comply with Rule 4.5, (Participation in Legal, Educational, Religious, Charitable, Fraternal, or Civic Organizations and Activities), Rule 4.6, (Appointments to Fiduciary Positions), Rule 4.7 (Service as Arbitrator or Mediator), or Rule 4.8 (Practice of Law), but shall comply with all other provisions of this Code during any period when they are designated by the Supreme Court or other governing authority to perform the functions of a judge; and
(2) shall not, except with the express consent of the parties and lawyers, accept a judicial assignment involving a lawyer or law firm that the person is then representing or opposing, as a lawyer or a party, in any legal proceeding;
(C) Persons other than those described in Paragraphs (A) or (B) of this rule, who perform the functions of a judge, including but not limited to judges pro tempore on a court described in paragraph (A) of this Rule, judges of a county court, and judges of a justice court
(1) are not required to comply with Rule 4.5, (Participation in Legal, Educational, Religious, Charitable, Fraternal, or Civic Organizations and Activities), Rule 4.6, (Appointments to Fiduciary Positions), Rule 4.7 (Service as Arbitrator or Mediator), Rule 4.8 (Practice of Law), or Rule 5.1 (Political Activities of Judges and Judicial Candidates in General), but shall comply with all other provisions of this Code during any period when they are designated by the Supreme Court or other governing authority to perform the functions of a judge; and
(2) shall not, except with the express consent of the parties and lawyers, accept a judicial assignment involving a lawyer or law firm that the person is then representing or opposing, as a lawyer or a party, in any legal proceeding;
(D) Municipal court judges are not required to comply with this Code.