# Joan B. Gottschall > Federal judicial disclosures. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/disclosures/26934 ## Record - **Judge:** Joan B. Gottschall - **Year:** 2007 - **Pages:** 11 ## Text Vanguard Wellington Fund — Int/Div Vanguard Wellesley Fund — Int/Div Vanguard Index Trust — Int/Div Vanguard Prime Portfolio — Int/Div Van Kampen Emerging Growth Fund (renamed Strategic Growth A) — None Eaton Vance Muni Bond Fund — Int/Div — Sell 7. US Treasury Strip (11-15-09) — None Fed Empl Credit Union Accts — Interest IBM common stock — Int/Div — * Sr.Hi Inc Port.(renamed BlackRock Sr.Hi.Inc.) — Int/Div Viacom c/stock Class A — Int/Div — Sell Viacom c/stock Class B — Int/Div — Sell Munder Intemet Fund — None — Sell Time Warmer c¢/stock — Int/Div Intel ¢/stock — Int/Div Waste Management c/stock — Int/Div Vanguard Tax-Managed Growth & Income Fund . — Int/Div Flextronics c/stock — None — Sell Hewlett-Packard c/stock — Int/Div Caremark c/stock (Now CVS Caremark) — Int/Div Dycom c/stock A — None — Sell MVSN c/stock — None — Sell MFS Mid-Cap Growth Fund B — None Putnam New Value Fund — None — Sell — 40% MFS Utilities Fund — Int/Div — Sell MEFS Govt Securities Fund — Int/Div — Sell MEFS Value Fund B — Int/Div — Sell — 60% MEFS Core Growth — None — Sell Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund — Int/Div MEFS Govt Sec B — Int/Div — Sell — line 26 BlackRock Large Cap Value — Int/Div BlackRock Value Opportunities — Int/Div MS (now BlackRock) MuniEnhanced Fund — Interest — Sell CBS Cl. A c/stock (sold 5/07) — Int/Div — Sell CBS CI. B c¢/stock (sold 5/07) — Int/Div — Sell MS Bank Dep. Program — Interest — Sold I Shares Russell 1000 Growth Index Fd. — Int/Div — Bought Third Avenue Fund — Int/Div — Bought 1 Shares Russell Midcap Index Fd — Int/Div — Bought Shares Russell 2000 Growth Index Fd — Int/Div — Bought Vanguard Inten'l Eq. 1dx. Emerg. Mkt. Etf — Int/Div — Bought Shares Russell 2000 Index Fd. — Int/Div — Bought Shares Russell Midcap Growth Index — Int/Div — Bought JPMorgan Growth Advantage Fd — Int/Div — Bought JPMorgan Intrepid Intern'l Fd — Int/Div — Bought JPMorgan Asia Equity Fd — Int/Div — Bought JPMorgan Tax Aware Short Intrmed Inc — Int/Div — Bought JPMorgan Intermed. Tx. Free Bond — Int/Div — Bought JPMorgan Tax Aware Real Ret. Fd — Int/Div — Bought JPMorgan Intrepid Growth Fd — Int/Div — Bought Fidelity Adv. Hi Inc Advantage Fd. — Int/Div — Bought Harbor Fd. Intem'l Fd. Insti Cl — Int/Div — Bought JPMorgan US Large Cap Core Plus — Int/Div — Bought JPMorgan US Equity Fd — Int/Div — Bought JPMorgan Intrepid America Fd — Int/Div — Bought JPMorgan/Chase checking account — Interest — Bought — approx JPMorgan Chase savings account — Interest — Bought — approx JP Morgan Chase 100% US Treasury MM Fd (brokerage acct) — Int/Div — Bought — Part VIII. n.2 JP Morgan Chase 100% US Treasury MM Fd (investmt acct) — Int/Div — Bought — Part VIII, n.2 JP Morgan Chase 100% US Treasury MM Fund (retirement acct) — Int/Div — Bought — Part VIII, n.2 JP Morgan Chase CD — Interest — Bought Member, Visiting Committee to the Divinity School, University of Chicago Member, Board of Directors, Illinois Humanities Council Member, Board of Directors, Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School Chair, District Selection Committee, The Rhodes Trust Income — See Section VIII, note — $0.00 Spouse's income — Reduced annual dues for judges — Union League Club of Chicago -. Lib igi LY en: i. id Lan EL Sadi en FEDERAL BUILDING, LOCKBOX 33 844 XING STREET Jupnok R. LANIER ANDERSON, }}) WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 1980} TELEPHONE Juoet Franxtin 8. Billings, JA COM: (302)873-0168 Jupex Joun PP FyuLLaM MaaisTRATE Hannay L Jones, Ja Juoet Jonw B. Jones R. TOWNSEND ROBINBON Juoet NaTtuanigL R. Jones October 23 1991 COUNSEL Juoar Roexar C. Jonts FFTs: 633-8087 Juoet Heway A. Polit Juoet DAvio Sam Jubak Rosary NM. Tazisve Juoet Joszrn L. Taumo JuDak PATRICIA M., WALD Juoarx Hiram H. Wand Juoag James B. Zaast Juoar WatTea K. STarLeTON Crainman The Honorable Jean -— P Cottsrhall United States District Court 219 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60604 Re Docket No 828 Dear Judge Gottschall In 1986, 1987, and 1988 you, along with edited and proofread a manuscript on a non-legal subject written by . The manuscript was published as ‘a book by - The book is selling well enough to produce income for its publisher, author, and editors. who reside in Canada have proposed formation of a partnership under Canadian’ laws whose assets will be all the rights to the book. The partners will be and you. After the partnership is n turn, be dissolved and the assets transferred to a Canadian corporation whose shareholders will be the partners of the dissolved partnership After the partnership is formed your sole role will be to serve as a shareholder. As a sharehold- er, you will share in proceeds arising from the sales of the book and the use of the rights to the book You ask whether you may participate in this arranger ord a without trancagressing either the Code of Conduct for United States Judges or the Ethics Reform Act of 1989. The receipt of income from writing or editing a book is permitted under the Code of Conduct Canon 5A says "A judge may write . - on non-legal subjects." The Committee believes that editing and proofreading are activities covered by the word "writing." And the Committee has approved at least implicitly, 55 the receipt of income from writing Advisory Opinion No There are restrictions on the manner in which a judge's name may bs used in the promotion of a book, but, we assume these restrictions are not likely to be involved in your case since you are not the author and your name is unlikely to be used in connection with selling of the book Nor is there anything about the nature of the --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/disclosures/26934. Public record. Not legal advice.