California appellate justices must exclude a staff attorney from working on any part of a matter in which the lawyer’s prior legal service in the proceeding would be disqualifying if the justice served in such a capacity, a California Supreme Court committee said Thursday.

The Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions issued an expedited advisory opinion responding to a justice’s specific question about a staff attorney’s prior service in private practice in civil cases representing certified classes of inmates challenging various conditions of confinement.

“As a matter of practice, and to comply with the ethics requirements for judicial impartiality, ...

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