Wajert v. State Ethics Commission

OPINION

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

On March 12, 1979, the Honorable John M. Wajert, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, acting pursuant to Sections 7(9)(i) and (ii) of the State Ethics Act, 1 requested an opinion from the State Ethics Commission. The issue presented to the Commission was:

“May a Judge of a Court of Common Pleas, upon retirement or resignation, represent a client before that Court within the first year after such resignation.”

On May 11, 1979, the Commission responded to the request as follows:

“It is the Commission’s Opinion that a Common Pleas Judge is barred by…