In Re AMENDMENTS TO the CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT-SENIOR JUDGES SERVING AS VOLUNTARY TRIAL RESOLUTION JUDGES AND ARBITRATORS

The Court, on its own motion, amends the Code of Judicial Conduct (Code) to prohibit a senior judge from serving as a voluntary trial resolution judge in any case in a circuit in which the senior judge is presiding as a judge. 1 As recommended by the Executive Council of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of The Florida Bar (ADR Section), we further amend the Code to impose a similar prohibition on a senior judge who serves as an arbitrator. These same-circuit dual-service prohibitions are'similar- to the prohibi- tióla the Court recently imposed on senior judges providing mediator…