It is the opinion of the Commission that, absent any unusual additional circumstances causing a continued question as to your impartiality, you are not disqualified to hear the action in question. The Commission has previously held on a number of occasions that, unless there are extraordinary circumstances that would require continued disqualification, a judge is not disqualified to hear an action after a circumstance causing the judge to be disqualified ceases to exist. E.g., Advisory Opinions 92-454, 96-605, 96-606, 96-616, and 96-617. Advisory Opinion 98-692 involved facts similar to those you present: dismissal of a party who was represented by an attorney whose involvement in the case would have caused disqualification of the judge.

DISQUALIFICATION AFTER CIRCUMSTANCE CAUSING
JUDGE TO BE DISQUALIFIED CEASES TO EXIST