Recusal Archive
Selected entries from the archive, anonymized. All recusals are final. All parties were notified.
Board of Directors, mid-market company. Conflict of interest identified after appointment. Recusal processed within 24 hours. Board notified. Chair acknowledged without objection.
Recurring Sunday family dinner. Duration of obligation prior to recusal: 14 years. Participating parties notified by formal letter. Relationship status: unchanged. Dinner attendance: ceased.
HOA Board. Duration of involuntary membership: 11 years. Notification delivered to board president and secretary. Certificate issued. No further meetings attended.
Invitation to join a nonprofit advisory committee. Recusal filed at time of invitation. Inviting party acknowledged. No obligation was incurred. This is the cleanest form of recusal.
Project leadership role, 2022. Involvement was inappropriate from appointment. Retroactive recusal documents the inappropriateness and withdraws from ongoing legacy obligations. Two meetings canceled.
Active board meeting. Recusal processed and notice delivered during a 15-minute recess. Client was formally non-involved before the meeting resumed. We consider this one of our better performances.
Book club. Duration: 7 years. Client had not read any of the books in the final three years. Notice delivered to book club organizer. No further invitations received, which was the desired outcome.
Full archive: 89 recusals processed to date. All final. Begin a recusal →