Opinion ID: 1881350
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Heading: introduction

Text: Pursuant to SCR 4.310(4), [1] Movant, Ann O'Malley Shake, Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court, Thirtieth Judicial Circuit, Sixteenth Division, seeks this Court's review of two judicial ethics opinions issued by the Ethics Committee of the Kentucky Judiciary (Ethics Committee). [2] In Judicial Ethics Opinion JE-98 (JE-98), the Ethics Committee advised Movant that a judge or judicial candidate may not make a contribution in order to attend a political fundraiser. In Judicial Ethics Opinion JE-100 (JE-100), Movant was advised that a judge could not sit on the board of a local mediation organization. We agree with JE-98 and adopt that opinion; however, we disagree with and vacate JE-100.