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CONFRONTING THE FRONT --
Chief Judge's 2015 COMMISSION
ON STATEWIDE ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE
1.
click here for:
Public Testimony - Public Hearings:
The People
Have Something To Say --
& Evidence to Back it Up!
click here for:
CJA's
DISPOSITIVE oral & written testimony
at
the Commission's August 11, 2015 hearing
"...the attorney
disciplinary system cannot survive
an evidentiary demonstration..."
2.
CJA's Contemporaneous FOIL to OCA --
Gathering of Other
PRIMARY-SOURCE EVIDENCE
3.
The Commission's Sham,
Cover-Up September 24, 2015 Final Report
OCA Counsel's September 24, 2015 memorandum --
"Report and recommendation of the Chief Judge's Commission
on
Statewide Attorney Discipline"
public comment
4.
The OCA's Corruption-Perpetuating Rules
for
Attorney Grievance Complaints
OCA
counsel's November 4, 2015 memorandum --
"Request for Public Comment on Proposed Uniform
Attorney Disciplinary Rules of the Appellate Division"
public comment
December 29, 2015 press announcement
--
"Chief Judge Announces New
Rules to Ensure
A More Efficient and Consistent Attorney Discipline
Process in New York State"
Part 1240
August 18, 2016 Joint Order
OCA NOTE:
This measure was adopted by the four Departments of the Appellate Division
in December 2015. A number of revisions to the proposed rules, together
with uniform Forms, were adopted in June 2016. The effective date of the
rules, initially scheduled for July 1, 2016, has been moved to October 1,
2016.
22 NYCRR Part 1240
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Chief Judge
Lippman's State of the Judiciary Address, February 17, 2015
"...an efficient and effective disciplinary
system is fundamental to a sound administration of justice. In
assessing our current system, commentators have raised important and
challenging questions, including whether our departmental-based system leads
to regional disparities in the implementation of discipline, whether
conversion to a statewide system is desirable, and how can we achieve
speedier dispositions that give much-needed closure to both clients and
attorneys.
With this in mind, I am extremely pleased to
announce today the creation of the Commission on Statewide Attorney
Discipline. This new Commission, chaired by Chief Administrative Judge A.
Gail Prudenti, and made up of leaders from both the bench and the bar whom I
will announce in the near future, will conduct a top-to-bottom review of the
system throughout the state to assess what is working well and what can work
better, and to offer recommendations on fundamentally reshaping attorney
discipline in New York." (at pp. 12-13, "Transforming Attorney
Discipline in New York")
March 30, 2015
press release: "Chief Judge Designates Members of New
Commission on Statewide Attorney Discipline":
"...Chaired by Chief Administrative Judge A. Gail
Prudenti and made up of leaders from New York's bench and bar, the
Commission will conduct a comprehensive review of the state's attorney
disciplinary system to determine what is workng well and what can work
better, and offer recommendations to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness
of New York's attorney disciplinary process..."
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JUDICIARY LAW 90
First Department
-- Departmental Disciplinary Committee
22 CRR-NY 603: "Conduct of Attorneys"
22 CRR-NY 605: "Rules & Procedures of the Departmental Disciplinary Committee"
Second
Department -- Grievance Committees
22
CRR-NY 691:
"Conduct of Attorneys"
Third Department
--
Committee on Professional Standards
22 CRR-NY 806: "Conduct of Attorneys"
Fourth Department
--
Grievance Committees
22 CRR-NY 1022.19: "Fourth Judicial Department Grievance Plan"
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