# Kenneth Francis Ripple > Federal judicial disclosures. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/disclosures/26485 ## Record - **Judge:** Kenneth Francis Ripple - **Year:** 2007 - **Pages:** 14 ## Text Key Bank, So. Bend, IN IRA -CD — Interest Notre Dame FCU - Notre Dame, IN savings & checking account — Interest U.S. Savings Bonds — None UND TIAA/CREF Retirement Fund — Int/Div Loan to John Driscoll to assist in paying mortgage — None Prudential Insurance Policy #1 — Int/Div Prudential Insurance Policy #2 — Int/Div Conseco Whole Life Insurance Policy #1 — None Conseco Whole Life Insurance Policy #2 — None MetLife Whole Life Insurance Policy — None Trust #5 — Int/Div Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Dodge & Cox International Stock Fd — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Purchased Julius Baer International Equity - A — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Dodge & Cox International Stock Fd — Sold Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Sold Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Sold Julius Baer International Equity - A — Sold Ist Source Monogram Income Equity — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Trust #6 — Int/Div Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Moncy — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Dodge & Cox Intemational Stock Fd — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Purchased Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Purchased Julius Baer Intemational Equity - A — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Dodge & Cox International Stock Fd — Sold Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Sold Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Sold Julius Baer International Equity - A — Sold Ist Source Monogram Income Equity — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Ist Source Bank - Checking — Interest Inova Federal Credit Union — Interest See Section VIII, Part See Section VIII. Part Agreement — 2007 — See Section VIII, Part II Reimbursement — See Section VIII, Part V Income — 2007 — Part-time teaching - University of Notre Dame — $22,281 Spouse's income — 2007 — Erica's Craft & Sewing Center - part-time employment, sales and teaching Canon 4A of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges provides: “A judge may speak. write, lecture, teach, and participate in other activities concerning the law, the legal system. and the administration of justice.” Canon 6 of the Code states: A judge may receive compensation and reimbursement of expenses for the law-related and extra-judicial activities permitted by this Code. if the source of such payments does not give the appearance of influencing the judge in the judges judicial duties or otherwise give the appearance of impropriety, subject to the following restrictions: A Compensation. Compensation should not exceed a reasonable amount nor should it exceed what a person who is not a judge would receive for the same activity. f: * * Public Reports. A judge should make required financial disclosures in compliance with applicable statutes and Judicial Conferenceregulations and directives. The need to review and update one’s teaching material to stay fresh and relevant is inherent in any long-term teaching activity. Thus, the Committee concludes that the retooling and updating of your teaching methodologies and course materials is part of “teaching” and is permissible under Canon 4A. Furthermore, subject to the constraints of Canon 6, you may receive compensation for your work. This conclusion 1s further supported by the Committee’s analysis of Title VI of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989. Section 4(a) of the regulations implementing the Act provides that a judicial officer may not receive an honorarium, which is defined in Section 4(b) as “a payment of money or anything of value . . . for an appearance, speech or article by a judicial officer or employee.” But Section 4(b)(2) excludes from the definition of “honorarium” compensation received for “teaching activity,” if prior approval of the teaching activity is obtained from the chief judge of the circuit as required by Section S of the regulations. Section S(b) of the regulations provides that: “Teaching” in these regulations includes teaching a course of study at an accredited educational institution or participating in an educational program of any duration that 1s sponsored by such an institution and is part of its educational offering. Examples of the latter are a lecture, lecture series or symposia sponsored by a law school or college. Teaching also includes participation in continuing legal education programs for which credit is given by licensing authorities or programs which are sponsored by recognized providers of continuing lepal education. Paragraph 12 of the Commentary to the regulations explains: --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/disclosures/26485. Public record. Not legal advice.