Sentences with phrase «to avoid the appearance of impropriety»

The judge should exhibit respect for the law, integrity in his or her private dealings and generally avoid the appearance of impropriety.

He recounted when Castorina took the position of commissioner, he asked his own mother to step down from her office position with the Board of Elections to avoid an appearance of impropriety.

O'Halloran, who also headed the county GOP's legislative fundraising committee, said he stepped down from the county committee because he had been told that several members of the Legislature, including Chairwoman Terry Bernardo, said they would abstain from voting on the VLT issue to avoid any appearance of impropriety.

«However, due to Mr. Spitzer's personal and professional connections to this office, we have decided to seek recusal to avoid any appearance of impropriety,» she said.

The article reveals a system, which combined with the fact that judges in Texas are elected, requiring them to campaign and thus to raise campaign funds through donations, that can hardly hope to avoid the appearance of impropriety.

Although the drafters did not provide a draft explanatory comment, it's safe to assume that the purpose of the rule is to avoid the appearance of impropriety.

Your client may be in need of handholding, but take care to avoid any appearance of impropriety.

To avoid any appearance of impropriety or bias, law firms must completely terminate the employment of an associate - turned - clerk before the clerkship begins.

Then, if the hardware is something of substantial value, I have to return it to avoid the appearance of impropriety.

«He sold all of his individual stocks in 2016 to avoid any appearance of impropriety (and questions like these).»