(A) A part-time judge is not required to comply:(1) with Rule 2.10 (Judicial Statements on Pending and Impending Cases), except while serving as a judge; or(2) at any time with Rules 3.4 (Appointments to Governmental Positions), 3.8 (Appointments to Fiduciary Positions), 3.9 (Service as Arbitrator or Mediator), 3.10 (Practice of Law), 3.11 (Financial, Business, or Remunerative Activities), and 3.14 (Reimbursement of Expenses and Waivers of Fees or Charges).(B) A part-time judge shall not act as a lawyer in a proceeding in which the judge has served as a judge or in any other proceeding related thereto.(C) When a person who has been a part-time judge is no longer a part-time judge, that person may act as a lawyer in a proceeding in which they served as a judge or in any other proceeding related thereto only with the express consent of all parties pursuant to the Rules of Professional Conduct. Comments
[1] Part-time judges should be alert to the possibility of conflicts of interest and should liberally disclose on the record to litigants appearing before them the fact of any extrajudicial employment or other judicial role, even if there is no apparent reason to withdraw.
[2] In view of Rule 2.1, which provides that the judicial duties of judges should take precedence over all other activities, part-time judges should not engage in outside employment which would interfere with their ability to sit on cases that routinely come before them.