> A judge who worked at the same law firm as an attorney representing a party in a case before him should recuse himself from the case. <
Right. And it doesn’t matter if it was 30 days ago or 30 years ago. Judges are supposed to be independent, and impartial. They are supposed to have no connections to either party.
Oh, well. We all know that fairness plays no part in Biden’s America.
It is very difficult to recuse a judge. The legal community is somewhat incestuous. For example, judges aren't conflicted out due to lawyers appearing before them who contributed to their election campaigns. I literally worked on a Judge's campaign responding to political, union, and business groups surveys which led to endorsements and donations and the Judge didn't recuse herself when I appeared before her.
The law firm in question, Paul, Weiss, Rifkin, Wharton & Garrison currently has over a thousand attorneys. In that Plaintiff's counsel may have worked with the Judge over 30 years ago probably isn't enough to conflict out the Judge.