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Selected entries from the archive, anonymized. All recusals are final. All parties were notified.

RO-2026-0089 Standard

Board of Directors, mid-market company. Conflict of interest identified after appointment. Recusal processed within 24 hours. Board notified. Chair acknowledged without objection.

RO-2026-0081 Social

Recurring Sunday family dinner. Duration of obligation prior to recusal: 14 years. Participating parties notified by formal letter. Relationship status: unchanged. Dinner attendance: ceased.

RO-2025-0441 Organizational

HOA Board. Duration of involuntary membership: 11 years. Notification delivered to board president and secretary. Certificate issued. No further meetings attended.

RO-2025-0398 Preemptive

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.

RO-2025-0371 Retroactive

Project leadership role, 2022. Involvement was inappropriate from appointment. Retroactive recusal documents the inappropriateness and withdraws from ongoing legacy obligations. Two meetings canceled.

RO-2025-0312 Emergency

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.

RO-2025-0287 Social

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 →