Please Note: This opinion has been modified by Opinion 23-227 as follows: "[W]here a majority of partners in a law firm are non-judges, the obligation of a judge who is a partner or associate in the law firm is to urge the partners in writing not to make political contributions in the law firm’s name out of the law firm’s profits.” See Opinion 23-227 for a path that allows such a firm to engage in political activity through a political action committee that completely excludes the judge.

         In response to your inquiry (96-94), regarding political contributions by a law firm in which you are a partner, we enclose for your information Opinion 88-56, in which this Committee held that a law firm may not contribute to a political campaign in its name, if its membership includes a partner or associate who is also a part-time local court judge.