Reference no: EM13333332

Would it be a violation of the Canons of ethics for a County Attorney, District Attorney or County Judge to accept employment in:

1. Uncontested civil cases in: (a) courts located in his county and in which litigation the state or county has no interest; (b) courts located outside his county and necessitating time away from his office both for short periods and extended periods?

2. Contested civil cases in: (a) courts located in his county and in which litigation the state or the county has no interest; (b) courts located outside his county and necessitating time away from his office both for short periods and extended periods; (c) which his client in domestic relation proceedings involving support and custody cannot be made to pay alimony pendente lite to the wife, but may be prosecuted criminally for failing to support his wife?

3. Criminal cases in the courts mentioned above?

4. The situations above listed and use of the office, telephone and stenographer provided and paid for by the county?

5. The situations above listed by installing in office provided by county his private phone and stenographer.