Rule 8.2 Judicial and Legal Officials
Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession
Rule Text
(a) A lawyer shall not make a statement that the lawyer knows to be false or with reckless disregard as to its truth or falsity concerning the qualifications or integrity of a judge, adjudicatory officer or public legal officer, or of a candidate for election or appointment to judicial or legal office.
(b) A lawyer who is a candidate for judicial office shall comply with the applicable provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct.
Amendment history: Amended April 11, 2006, effective July 1, 2006; amended February 6, 2024, effective April 15, 2024. Comments regarding judge’s objectivity. — An appellate court admonished counsel for the appellant for making inappropriate comments concerning the trial court’s objectivity in the appellant’s brief. Semler v. Semler, 924 P.2d 422, 1996 Wyo. LEXIS 146 (Wyo. 1996).