When judges “friend” lawyers who may appear before them, the committee said, it creates the appearance of a conflict of interest, since it “reasonably conveys to others the impression that these lawyer ‘friends’ are in a special position to influence the judge.”
This seems a little overblown to me, I have hundreds of Facebook friends, yet only a handful I would consider real friends.
Luckily, the opinion of this committee is only advisory, and not legally binding.
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