Thacker v. Thacker

The Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission (“JIC”) has issued an opinion advising that a judge should recuse “from any case in which a party is represented by an attorney opposing the judge in the judge’s political campaign for re-election where the initial appearance of the attorney on behalf of the party in the case occurred after the attorney had announced his candidacy for the judge’s position.” JIC Advisory Opinion No. 94-520 (March 25, 1994); see also JIC Advisory Opinion No. 98-694 (May 15, 1998). In a special writing, Justice See opined that a judge should recuse himself or herself from…