Max Billek (Partner-Madison, NJ) has been re-appointed to the state’s Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards for the 2024-2025 legislative session, having served during the 2020-2024 legislative sessions. Currently a bipartisan committee composed of eight public members, the Joint Committee is responsible for administering the Conflicts of Interest Law and the Code of Ethics for members of the Legislature and officers and employees in the legislative branch of government. The Joint Committee investigates, either on its own initiative or in response to a complaint, possible violations of the Law, Code or Joint Rule 19 and is empowered to impose a fine up to $10,000 or suspend from office an officer or employee of the Legislature for violations, and it may fine a legislator up to $10,000 and recommend disciplinary action to the legislator's House.