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Description: New Jersey judges are clearly obligated to abide by a robust and comprehensive code of conduct. Seven Canons of Judicial Conduct regulate judicial activity, and they are supplemented by numerous explanatory Rules and official comments. Together these authorities form among the most stringent, if not the toughest, judicial regulations in the country. The duty to avoid the appearance of propriety no longer applies to practicing lawyers since the Rules of Professional Conduct removed that obligation in 2004, but New Jersey judges must avoid even the appearance of impropriety in both their personal and professional lives, Rule 2.1 Commentary, and they may not receive any active income from any source other than their salaries while they are on the bench. New Jersey Judges have taught courses and even written books for no remuneration whatsoever, as the judicial code forbids any payment for outside work. With respect to conflicts of interest and the duties that arise from any conflict between the duty to decide a case fairly and impartially and even an appearance of bias or self-interest, judges are obliged to step away from presiding over cases that implicate or appear to undermine impartiality. In contrast, U.S. Supreme Courts judges have the option to act ethically as recent press accounts reveal.
This program will evaluate the activities of SCOTUS justices from the vantage point of the standards in place in New Jersey as well as the model rules of judicial conduct.
The Honorable Ellen L. Koblitz (Ret.) is special counsel in the Alternative Dispute Resolution practice, Appellate Advocacy practice, and Family Law practice at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden. She focuses her practice on mediation and arbitration of Family, Chancery and Civil matters. In addition, she advises attorneys and clients on appellate matters, including reviewing appellate briefs and conducting moot court appellate arguments. Judge Koblitz is on the consumer panel of arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association and is a qualified NJ Ct. R. 1:40-12 mediator.
Judge Koblitz joined the firm in 2020 after serving as a judge in the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court for 10 years, including two years as Presiding Judge. In the Appellate Division, Judge Koblitz heard appeals from decisions of the trial courts, tax court, and state administrative agencies.
Judge Koblitz began her legal career in the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender and rose to the position of deputy public defender in charge of the Hudson and then the Bergen County regional office.
First appointed to the New Jersey Superior Court in 1993, Judge Koblitz served in the Special Civil Part and Criminal Part in Bergen County. She then served as Presiding Judge of the Family Part from 1998 to 2008, when she was tapped to serve as Presiding Judge of the Chancery Division in Bergen County.
While on the bench, Judge Koblitz served on numerous New Jersey Supreme Court Committees, including serving as chair of the Supreme Court Judicial Education Committee, chair of the Conference of Family Division Presiding Judges, chair of the Children in Court Improvement Committee, and vice chair of the Supreme Court Family Practice Committee.
Judge Koblitz joins Pashman Stein’s ADR practice team which includes the firm’s special counsel, Justice Gary S. Stein (Ret.), who served for more than 17 years as an associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court; the Honorable Ronny Jo Siegal (Ret.), a partner and former judge who served for more than eight years with the New Jersey Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part; and Barry H. Evenchick, a partner and former chief of the appellate section of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.
Judge Koblitz passes her legal knowledge on to others through service as an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University School of Law and presenter of numerous continuing legal education courses, as well as by mentoring lawyers within the firm.
 | | Practice Areas: | | Appellate Practice, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Litigation & Appeals | | | Online Media Type: | | Video | | | Production Date: | | 07/10/2023 | | | Level: | | Intermediate | | | Category: | | Standard | | | Duration: | | 1 Hours, 4 Minutes | | | Online Format: | | On Demand | | | Course Type: | | Public |
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| | • | Ellen L. Kobiltz - Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. | Retired Judge | Appellate Division | New Jersey Superior Court | | • | Kim Ringler - The Ringler Law Firm |
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