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Correspondence with Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman

 

CJA's January 30, 1998 letter to Chief Administrative Judge Lippman #1-- "RE: Reconsideration and Withdrawal of OCA Waiver to Court of Claims Judge Andrew O'Rourke and Informational Requests"
     
--Ex A  CJA's Jan 27, 1998 letter to OCA Deputy Counsel John Eiseman
        --Ex B   Gov Pataki's Dec 12, 1997 press release on O'Rourke's nomination to Court of Claims
        --Ex C   Secs. 211 & 212 of Retirement & Social Security Law
        --Ex D   Jan 27, 1998 letter from Senators Leichter & Dollinger to Chief Administrative Judge Lippmann
        --Ex E   articles on O'Rourke


CJA's January 30, 1998 letter to Chief Administrative Judge Lippman #2-- "RE: Reconsideration and Withdrawal of OCA Waiver to Court of Claims Judge Andrew O'Rourke and Informational Requests"

 
          SEE: Judicial Selection-State-NY: ANDREW O'ROURKE -- Appointment to the Court of Claims
 

cc: CJA's June 30, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye -- "RE: (1) CJA's unresponded-to April 18, 2000 letter to you [pp. 1-4]; (2) CJA's opposition to the Mayor's appointment of your Deputy Counsel Susan K. Knipps, for a civil court judgeship, scheduled for a July 6, 2000 'public hearing' at the Association of the Bar of the City of NY [pp. 5-9]"
  (indicated immediate copies to Chief Administrative Judge Lippman, Counsel Colodner, Special Inspector General Spatz, Commission on Judicial Conduct, Susan Knipps-Deputy Counsel/Chief Judge Kaye, Mayor's Advisory Committee on the Judiciary, City Bar, & eventual copies to Gov. Pataki, A.G. Spitzer, Manhattan D.A., U.S. Attorneys-SDNY/EDNY, Ethics Commission, media)
    Ex. A:  notice in NYLJ, 6/27/00; CJA's June 27, 2000 letter to Mayor's Advisory Committee on the Judiciary
    Ex. B: CJA's June 27, 2000 letter to Michael Colodner, Counsel/Unified Court System
    Ex. C:  receipted first pages of CJA's April 18, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye, March 3, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye, March 3, 2000 complaint to Commission on Judicial Conduct, February 23, 2000 letter to Gov. Pataki, February 25, 2000 memo to proposed intervenors
    Ex. D: CJA's exchange of correspondence with Claire Gutekunst, Chief Judge Kaye's designee on Gov. Pataki's State Judicial Screening Committee
   
Ex. E:  CJA's February 1, 1998 letter to Chief Judge Kaye -- "RE: Safeguarding the Public's Right to Compliance

               by the OCA with 211 of the Retirement and Social Security Law""
        -- CJA's January 30, 1998 letter to Chief Administrative Judge Lippman #1-- "RE: Reconsideration and Withdrawal of OCA Waiver to Court of Claims Judge Andrew O'Rourke and Informational Requests"
           --Ex A  CJA's Jan 27, 1998 letter to OCA Deputy Counsel John Eiseman
           --Ex B   Gov Pataki's Dec 12, 1997 press release on O'Rourke's nomination to Court of Claims
           --Ex C   Secs. 211 & 212 of Retirement & Social Security Law
           --Ex D   Jan 27, 1998 letter from Senators Leichter & Dollinger to Chief Administrative Judge Lippmann
           --Ex E   articles on O'Rourke
        -- CJA's January 30, 1998 letter to Chief Administrative Judge Lippman #2-- "RE: Reconsideration and Withdrawal of OCA Waiver to Court of Claims Judge Andrew O'Rourke and Informational Requests"
    Ex. F: Thomas Thornton's February 11, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye, on behalf of himself, John Heard, & Ross Giunta, co-signers; Susan Knipps'  May 5, 2000 letter to Thomas Thornton, on behalf of Chief Judge Kaye; Thomas  Thornton's June 6, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye
    Ex. G: Thomas Thornton's May 30, 1998 & June 25, 1998 letters to Gerald Stern, Administrator/Commission on Judicial Conduct; Gerald Stern's June 25, 1998 letter to Thornton; Thornton's June 26, 1998 letter to Stern
    Ex. H: Thomas Thorton's January 18, 1998 judicial misconduct complaint & subsequent correspondence with Commission based thereon, etc.

        SEE: Correspondence with Chief Judge Kaye -- especially: CJA's March 3, 2000 letter and April 18, 2000 letter


CJA's August 17, 2000 memo to Chief Administrative Judge Lippman -- "RE:  CJA's August 3, 2000 judicial misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Kaye"

           SEE: Test Cases - State (Commission)
 



 

 

 
 

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