440.442 Code of Judicial Conduct.—The Deputy Chief Judge and judges of compensation claims shall observe and abide by the Code of Judicial Conduct as adopted by the Florida Supreme Court. Any material violation of a provision of the Code of Judicial Conduct shall constitute either malfeasance or misfeasance in office and shall be grounds for suspension and removal of the Deputy Chief Judge or judge of compensation claims by the Governor.
...Claimant maintains that he had no recourse below;
thus, seeking review in this court was his only path for relief. We
disagree.
The Florida Administrative Code Rule 60Q-6.126(1) provides
that “[a]ny motion for disqualification of a judge shall be made and
determined pursuant to Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.330.” Section
440.442 provides that “[JCCs] shall observe and abide by the Code
of Judicial Conduct as adopted by the Florida Supreme Court.”
Canon 3(B)7 of the Code addresses ex parte communications
between a judge and persons involved in a proceeding....
...And when we look, we see there is no statute making
the supreme court’s professional code—adopted to govern lawyers
as court officers operating within the judiciary—applicable when
those lawyers are appearing in workers’ compensation
administrative proceedings. But cf. § 440.442, Fla....
