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THE GEORGE SASSOWER, ESQ. LEGACY PROJECT

 

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY COMPLAINTS

under construction --

1978

December 21, 1978 letter from Joint Bar Association Grievance Committee of the 9th Judicial District

 

1982

9th JD Grievance Committee's March 26, 1982 dismissal letter

 

1984

DDC's May 3, 1984 letter -- Kreindler & Relkin (#687-84)

DDC's May 3, 1984 letter -- Arutt, Nachamie, Benjamin (#688-84)

DDC's May 3, 1984 letter -- Feltman, Karesh & Major (#689-84)

DDC's May 22, 1984 letter (#689-84)
Feltman's May 18, 1984 letter (#689-84)

DDC's May 23, 1984 letter (#688-84) 

Raffe's July 6, 1984 letter

July 10, 1984 letter

DDC's August 29, 1984 letter (#689-84)

* * *

Brooklyn GC's December 6, 1984 sua sponte complaint (K-675-84)

December 14, 1984 letter -- Complaint of Schneider: K-671-1984)

December 31, 1984 letter

 

1985

January 22, 1985 letter -- Complaint of Schneider: K-671-1984

9th JD Grievance Committee's November 15, 1985 letter

GS' November 20, 1985 letter to 9th JD Grievance Committee

GS' November 29, 1985 ltr to Brooklyn Grievance Committee members

GS' December 20, 1985 letter to Straus/Brooklyn GC

GS' December 29, 1985 letter to 1st Dept DDC -- RE: Postel,

 

1986

GS' January 4, 1986 complaint to 1st Dept DDC vs Postel

1st Dept DDC' February 14, 1986 ltr dismissing complaint vs Postel -- #0367/86

GS' June 8, 1986 complaint  to Brooklyn DDC vs Straus

1st Dept DDC's July 22, 1986 dismissal letter -- RE: Abrams #1372/86

August 13, 1986 letter to CJC & 1st Dept Attorney Disciplinary Committee

cc:  August 14, 1986 ltr August 15, 1986 ltr

August 17, 1986 letter to CJC & 1st Dept Attorney Disciplinary --
RE: Sassower v. Sheriff

September 2, 1986 letter to CJC & 1st Dept Attorney Disciplinary --
RE: Gammerman

September 10, 1986 letter to CJC & 1st Dept Attorney Disciplinary -
RE: Gammerman, Diamond, Kreindler & Relkin; Feltman, Karesh, Major & Farbman

September 18, 1986 complaint to 1st Dept Disciplinary Committee
vs Kreindler & Relkin; Feldman, Karesh Major & Farbman

September 24, 1986 complaint to CJC & DDC vs Gammerman, Postel

October 3, 1986 complaint vs Gammerman, Postel

October 22, 1986 complaint to CJC & DDC v. Schneider, Gerstein, Klein

GS ' December 23, 1986 complaint to Office of Professional Discipline vs Rashba & Pokart

GS December 26, 1986 ltr to Chair of Brooklyn Grievance Committee vs Straus

 

 

1987

February 5, 1987 letter to Chair/Character & Fitness Committee

February 8, 1987 complaint to DDC vs Feltman, Kreindler, Nachamie

August 20, 1987 complaint to 9th GC vs Sapir

Casella's August 28, 1987 dismissal (Aug. 22)

 

1988

February 8, 1988 complaint vs Cahn

10th JD Grievance Committee's March 14, 1988 acknowledgment/dismissal

September 25, 1988 complaint vs Kreindler, Feltman, Cook, Diamond

September 29, 1988 complaint vs Kreindler, Feltman, Cook, Diamond

October 29, 1988 complaint vs Glynn

 

1989

January 13, 1989 complaint vs Dillon, Rivers


2nd Dept. -- 9th Jud District Attorney Grievance Committee


GS' January 9, 1989 complaint -- Timothy Murphy

Casella's January 24, 1989 dismissal

 

1st Dept. Attorney Grievance Committee
committee member list

GS' January 9, 1989 complaint -- Charles Brieant

GS' January 9, 1989 complaint -- Kreindler & Relkin; Feltman, Karesh, Major; Asst. AG Cook; Ref. Diamond

GS' January 13, 1989 complaint -- Irwin Brownstein

GS' January 22, 1989 complaint -- Kreindler & Relkin; Feltman, Karesh, Major; Asst. AG Cook; Ref. Diamond

GS' January 22, 1989 complaint -- Michael Gentile

GS' January 25, 1989 complaint -- Charles Brieant

GS' January 25, 1989 complaint to Committee Chair William Jackson Esq.

GS' January 27, 1989 complaint -- Irwin Brownstein

Acting Chief Counsel Hal Lieberman's January 29, 1989 letter -- #263 Irwin Brownstein

GS' February 7, 1989 complaint -- Kreindler & Relkin; Feltman, Karesh, Major; Asst. AG Cook; Ref. Diamond

           February 7, 1989 letter to Chief Judge Wachtler
           February 7, 1989 letter to App. Div. Presiding Justice Murphy
           February 7, 1989 letter to Chairman Jackson

GS' February 10, 1989 letter to Acting Chief Counsel Lieberman
           February 7, 1989 letter to Chief Judge Wachtler
           February 7, 1989 letter to App. Div. Presiding Justice Murphy

GS' February 10, 1989 complaint -- Michael Colodner, Esq.      Feb. 27, 1989 dismissal

DDC's February 15, 1989 letter #263 -- Irwin Brownstein

GS' February 22, 1989 complaint -- Lee Feltman, Esq.
cc: Feltman, Wachtler, Ct of Appeals judges; App. Div 1st Dept Justices Ross, Milonas, Ellerin, Rosenberger, Media
   -- 
referred-to Feb. 3, 1989 letter (to which Wachtler & media were cc'd)

GS' February 22, 1989 complaint -- Schneck & Weltman, Esqs.
cc: Schneck & Weltman, Wachtler, Ct of Appeals judges; App. Div 1st Dept Justices Ross, Milonas, Ellerin, Rosenberger, Media
     --
referred-to Feb. 3, 1989 letter (to which Wachtler & media were cc'd)

GS' February 22, 1989 complaint -- David Cook, Esq.
cc: Abrams, Wachtler, Ct of Appeals judges; App. Div 1st Dept Justices Ross, Milonas, Ellerin, Rosenberger, Media
      --referred-to Feb. 3, 1989 letter  (to which Wachtler & media were cc'd)

GS' February 22, 1989 complaint -- Robert Abrams, Esq.
cc: Abrams, Wachtler, Ct of Appeals judges; App. Div 1st Dept Justices Ross, Milonas, Ellerin, Rosenberger, Media
    --referred-to Feb. 3, 1989 letter (to which Wachtler & media were cc'd)

GS' February 22, 1989 complaint -- Harold Reynolds, Esq.
cc: Reynolds, Wachtler, Ct of Appeals judges; App. Div 1st Dept Justices Ross, Milonas, Ellerin, Rosenberger, Media
   -- referred-to Feb. 3, 1989 letter (to which Wachtler & media were cc'd)

GS' February 22, 1989 complaint -- Referee Donald Diamond
cc:  Diamond, Wachtler, Ct of Appeals judges; App. Div 1st Dept Justices Ross, Milonas, Ellerin, Rosenberger, Media
 
 -- referred-to Feb. 3, 1989 letter  to which Wachtler & media were cc'd)

GS' February 27, 1989 reply -- #263 Irwin Brownstein

GS' March 2, 1989 complaint -- Kreindler & Relkin, P.C.

GS' March 20, 1989 complaint -- Feltman

GS' March 7, 1989 complaint -- Kreindler & Relkin, P.C.

GS' March 13, 1989 complaint -- Michael Gentile, Esq.

GS' March 13, 1989 complaint -- #263 Irwin Brownstein

GS' March 13, 1989 complant -- Ira Postel, Esq.

GS' March 13, 1989 complaint -- Kreindler & Relkin, Feltman, Karesh, Major & Farbman; Cook; Diamond

GS' March 13, 1989 complaint -- Charles Brieant, Esq.

GS' March 13, 1989 complaint -- Nachamie, Kirschner, Levine & Spizz, PC

 

WILLIAM JACKSON --
Chair, 1st Dept. Attorney Grievance Committee

who is he? --
NYT Dec. 10, 1999 obituary -- "William Jackson Dies at 80, Lawyer With Wide Clientele"

VIDEO -- 1996 -- Wm Jackson on Nuremberg

GS' January 25, 1989 letter to Committee Chair William Jackson Esq. --
enclosing
GS' January 25, 1989 attorney disciplinary complaint vs. Charles Brieant --
"10a.  Notwithstanding the above, I desire that Judge Murphy's executive secretary, Charles Brieant, Esq., be given a fundamentally fair hearing, under fundamentally fair procedures -- nothing less."

b. I have been 'honored' by serving and receiving every battle star-awarded for my participation in the European Theater of Operations in World War II; believe myself 'honored' by every trialess incarceration; and clearly was 'honored' by my disbarment.

c.  I will never surrender my fundamental right to be honest, nor my obligation to defend the Constitution and my clients, with 'zeal', and will never involve myself in judicial corruption, and never did in almost forty (40) years at the bar.

d. The response was 'nuts' at Bastogne, Belgium in December of 1944, and it is 'nuts' today when demands are made for my silent submission."

"Surrender? -- Nuts"

 

GS' February 7, 1989 letter to Chair Jackson --
enclosing
February 7, 1989 letter to Chief Judge Wachtler
February 7, 1989 letter to App. Div. Presiding Justice Murphy

GS' February 10, 1989 letter to Chair Jackson

GS' February 23, 1989 complaint vs Chair Jackson


GS' February 7, 1989 letter to Chairman Jackson

GS' February 10, 1989 letter to Chairman Jackson

 

BROWNSTEIN COMPLAINT

GS' January 13, 1989 complaint --
Irwin Brownstein

GS' January 27, 1989 complaint --
Irwin Brownstein

Acting Chief Counsel Hal Lieberman's January 29, 1989 letter -- #263
Irwin Brownstein

DDC's February 15, 1989 letter #263
Irwin Brownstein

GS' February 27, 1989 reply -- #263
Irwin Brownstein

GS' March 13, 1989 letter -- #263
Irwin Brownstein


COLODNER COMPLAINT

GS' February 10, 1989 complaint --
Michael Colodner

Acting Chief Counsel Lieberman's February 27, 1989 letter -- #445
Michael Colodner

 

1992

Miscellaneous

Maltz' March 24, 1992 letter -- Polur

GS' April 13, 1992 letter -- Polur

 

Complaint vs Michael Gerstein, Esq.

GS' May 8, 1992 complaint v Lieberman, Schneider, Gerstein, Cook, Diamond

Lieberman's May 19, 1992 dismissal -- #92.1556

 

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1994

Miscellaneous -- 1st Dept

January 21, 1994 ltr from Deputy Chief Counsel

GS' April 27, 1994 letter to Deputy Chief Counsel

GS' April 25, 1994 letter to Committee on Character & Fitness

GS' May 3, 1994 letter to Chief Counsel


Complaint vs Robert Straus, Esq.
2nd Dept Grievance Committee Chief Counsel

January 24, 1994 complaint

February 17, 1994 letter

February 22, 1994 letter from Appellate Division, 2d Dept Clerk Brownstein

March 3, 1994 letter to Clerk Brownstein


Complaint vs Frank Finnerty, Esq.
2nd Dept Grievance Committee Chief Counsel -- 10th JD

March 10, 1994 dismissal by Chair Frank Gulotta, Jr.


Complaint vs Andra Bratton, Esq.
1st Dept Grievance Committee Staff Counsel


March 22, 1994 complaint

Complaint vs Haliburton Fales, Esq.
Chair, 1st Dept Grievance Committee

April 25, 1994 complaint (1st page)


Complaint vs Donald Schneider, Esq.

April 27, 1994 letter regarding March 22, 1994 complaint

Lieberman's May 3, 1994 acknowledgment

Lieberman's May 18, 1994 ltr forwarding answer

May 27, 1994 letter

Lieberman's August 10, 1994 dismissal letter



Complaint vs Chief Counsel Hal Lieberman

May 25, 1994 complaint

Fales' June 22, 1994 letter dismissal



2001

August 10, 2001 complaint vs Abrams, Koppell, Brieant

September 24, 2001 letter tansmitting August 20, 2001 complaint vs Casella, Garber, McInerey




2004

cc: September 13, 2004 letter to Westchester D.A. Jeanine Pirro

October 20, 2004 letter to Cahill/1st Dept. Attorney Disciplinary Committee --
Spitzer, Timon, Sanders, Melendez, Rato, Glickman, Schnider, Karesh

October 28, 2004 letter to Cahill --
Spitzer, Timon, Sanders, Melendez, Rato, Glickman, Schnider, Karesh

November 2, 2004 letter to Cahill from Sidley, Austin

November 10, 2004 letter -- Murphy, Abrams, Koppell, Spitzer

November 10, 2004 letter -- Murphy, Abrams, Koppell, Spitzer (Part II)

November 10, 2004 letter -- Melendez, Rato


2012


Complaint vs 9th JC Grievance Committee
Chief Counsel Gary Casella

March 16, 2012 complaint to 9th JD Grievance Committee

March 26, 2012 from Special Counsel Robert Guido

April 2, 2021 letter to Guido (1st page only)

April 6, 2012 complaint

April 16, 2012 motion -- RE: Doris L. Sassower

Guido's April 30, 2012 letter

Guido's May 24, 2012 letter

2nd Dept April 13, 2012 FOIL to GS (1st page only)

OCA's April 30, 2012 FOIL to GS

OCA's May 18, 2012 FOIL acknowledgment

OCA's July 2, 2012 FOIL to GS



Complaint vs Aprilanne Agostino, Esq.

click here for: prior correspondence

May 23, 2012 complaint to 9th JD Grievance Committee

May 29, 2012 complaint to 2nd, 11th, 13th JD Grievance Committee

June 1, 2012 letter from 2nd, 11th, 13th JD Grievance Committee Chief Counsel Kearse
to 1st DDC Chief Counsel Dopico

Agostino's June 4, 2012 letter

June 18, 2012 complaint to 2nd, 11th, 13th Grievance Committee

June 18, 2012 proposed order

App. Div 2nd Dept Associate Deputy Clerk's June 22, 2012 letter

August 6, 2012 letter (2nd page only)


Complaint vs Wilfred Feinberg, Esq.,
Rudolph Giuliani, Esq., Robert Gaffey, Esq.

May 7, 2012 complaint to 9th JD Grievance Committee


Complaint vs Milton Mollen, Esq.

April 23, 2012 complaint to 1st Dept Disciplinary Committee

DDC's July 18, 2012 dismissal (#2012-1279)

August 27, 2012 letter

September 6, 2012 reconsideration letter

DDC's October 23, 2012 dismissal



Complaint vs Catherine O'Hagan-Wolfe, Esq.

April 30, 2012 complaint, filed with 1st Dept. Disciplinary Committee

DDC's June 14, 2012 dismissal

June 19, 2012 letter

DDC's June 27, 2012 corrected dismissal letter

DDC's July 16, 2012 letter   signed/receipted complaint

DDC's July 24, 2012 acknowledgment of reconsideration request

cc:  August 6, 2012 letter to FBI



[correspondence with: letter to O'Hagan-Wolfe -- 1-26-12

Public Integrity Unit/US Dept of Justice 4-30-12

Chief Justice John Roberts 4-30-12]


Complaint vs Gail Prudenti, Esq.

May 14, 2012 complaint to 1st Dept. Disciplinary Committee

April 11, 2012 complaint

May 14, 2012 letter to Prudenti

DDC's June 18, 2012 letter of transfer to CJC



Complaint vs Otto Obermaier, Esq.
Mary Jo White, Esq., Robert Sadowski, Esq.,
Peter Leisure, Esq.

June 25, 2012 complaint to 1st Dept Disciplinary Committee

DDC's July 11, 2012 dismissal (##2012-1538-1541)

September 27, 2012 acknowledgment/reconsideration

DDC's October 23, 2012 dismissal

DDC's October 23, 2012 dismissal

DDC's October 23, 2012 dismissal

DDC's October 23, 2012 dismissal




Complaint vs Frederick Scullin, Jr., Esq.
& Paul Silver, Esq.

May 3, 2012 complaint, filed with 3rd Dept Committee on Professional Standards

May 8, 2012 letter transferring complaint to 5th JD Grievance Committee

5th JD Grievance Committee May 15, 2012 letter

May 29, 2012 endorsed order of US District Judge McAvoy

June 8, 2012 complaint vs Gregory Huether, Esq. & Anthony Gigliotti, Esq.

cc: June 11, 2012 Notice -- In re: Scullin

cc: June 11, 2012 Notice  -- In re: Huether & Gigliotti

cc: June 11, 2012 Notice -- In re: Feinberg

July 23, 2012 complaint v Scudder to CJC

Appellate Division, 4th Dept July 31, 2012 letter


Judge Scullin's February 3, 1993 decision in
GS v. Robert Abrams... In Matter of a Grand Jury Application
(93-CV-178)




Complaint vs Robert Abrams, Esq.
& Alan Kaufman, Esq.

May 10, 2012 complaint to 3rd Dept. Committee on Professional Standards



Complaint vs Eric Schneiderman, Esq.


May 25, 2012 complaint to 3rd Dept Committee on Professional Standards

Chief Attorney Torncello's June 25, 2012 dismissal letter



Complaint vs 3rd Dept Committee on Professional Standards
Chief Attorney Peter Torncello

July 23, 2012 complaint to 3rd Dept. Committee on Professional Standards






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September 7, 1992 attorney disciplinary complaint vs NY Assistant Attorney General Carolyn Olson,
filed with Ohio Office of Disciplinary Counsel

 

 


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