The Judicial Inquiry Commission has considered your request for an opinion. In your
request, you state that you are presently serving as an attorney member of the
Alabama Court of the Judiciary and also engage in the practice of law. You further
state that you are the attorney in your firm having the primary responsibility for handling
a matter concerning a long-time regular client of your firm. The matter is one against a
Circuit Judge. During your representation of this client, you have become aware of and
have personal knowledge of facts which lead you to suspect that a Circuit Judge has
violated one or more of the Canons of Judicial Ethics.