LAWYER IN FIRM OF TRUSTEE
Opinion No. 7 (1975)*
QUESTION: Should a judge recuse in a case in which one of the lawyers
is a member of the same firm as a lawyer who is a trustee, with discretionary powers, of a
trust in which the judge's wife is a beneficiary?
ANSWER: It is the opinion of the Committee that the judge is not
required to recuse unless he knows that his impartiality is likely to be questioned.
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*Provisions relating to recusal and disqualification were removed from Canon 3C effective
January 21, 1987. See Rules 18a and 18b, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.