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NINTH JUDICIAL COMMITTEE's MAY 1, 1992 LAW DAY CRITIQUE
of the responses of Westchester County Executive
Andrew O'Rourke to Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire Pertaining to His
Qualifications for a Federal Judgeship
COMPENDIUM OF SUBSTANTIATING EXHIBITS
Exhibit A: Public portion of the Senate Judiciary Committee
questionnaire of Andrew O'Rourke, 1/10/92
Exhibit B:
NJC's November 20, 1991 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Exhibit C:
NJC's January 10, 1992 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Exhibit D:
American Bar Association's "Personal Data Questionnaire"
Exhibit E:
Association of the Bar of the City of New York's "Uniform Judicial Questionnaire
Exhibit F:
Affidavit of Richard Barbuto, Esq., sworn to April 26, 1992
Exhibit G:
Westchester County "Information Guide", p. 6
Exhibit H:
Location map of downtown White Plains and County Office Building
Exhibit I:
1991 Lawyers' Diary, White Plains listings
Exhibit J: Surlak separation agreement, signed May 23, 1973
Exhibit
K-1: Complaint in Surlak v. Surlak
Exhibit K-2: Amended verified complaint in Surlak v.
Surlak
Exhibit
K-3: Verified complaint in Surlak v. Surlak
Exhibit L: Westchester County Clerk's docket sheet, Surlak v. Surlak
Exhibit M:
Coverpages of appellate brief & appendix
Exhibit
N-1: Table of Contents to Surlak appellate brief and appendix
Exhibit
N-2: Certification pursuant to CPLR 2105 annexed to Surlak appellate brief
and Appendix
Exhibit O: Andrew O'Rourke's affidavit in support of plaintiff's motion for summary
judgment, sworn to November 1, 1978
Exhibit
P-1: Andrew O'Rourke's June 7, 1982 letter to Westchester County Clerk's office
Exhibit
P-2: Appellate Division's December 14, 1981 order in Surlak
Exhibit Q:
Pages 938-9 of the published Dec. 14, 1981 appellate division decision in Tappan
v. Volvo, 444 NYS 2d 938
Exhibit R: Coverpages of appellate brief and
record on appeal, Tappan v. Volvo
Exhibit S: Information and procedures for accessing federal court files: accession # for
Pereira v. Homelite
Exhibit
T-1: "Bush's Brother Wants Full-Time State GOP Chief", Gannett,
2/19/89
Exhibit
T-2: "Colavita Leaving N.Y. Party Job", Gannett, 4/18/89
Exhibit
U-1: NJC's January 7, 1992 letter to President George Bush
Exhibit
U-2: NJC's February 25, 1992 letter to President George Bush
Exhibit
U-3: NJC's April 16, 1992 letter to Lee Lieberman, Senior Associate Counsel to
President Bush
Exhibit
V-1: Title page, table of contents & pp. 1-2 of the June 1990 Report of the NYS Commission on Government
Integrity: The Blurred Line:
Party Politics and Government in Westchester
County: Report and
Recommendations
Exhibit
V-2: "Ex-County Clerk Tells Tony Colavita Stories At Integrity Hearing",
Gannett, 11/29/89
Exhibit
V-3: "O'Rourke Sees or Hears No Evil", Gannett, 6/13/90
Exhibit W:
"New Word for Westchester GOP", Gannett, 11/10/82
Exhibit X:
"Exec Post Goes to O'Rourke", Gannett 12/15/82
Exhibit Y: NJC's March 20, 1992 memo to Governor Cuomo's Task Force on
Judicial Diversity
Exhibit Z:
"Senators, Archdiocese Lobby Over Hospital Job", Gannett, 2/9/91
Exhibit
AA: "Patronage is Key to Wrangling Over Top Hospital Job", Gannett, 5/6/91
Exhibit
BB: "O'Rourke Mishandled Selection at Hospital", Gannett,
8/21/91
Exhibit
CC: Bar graph: comparison of candidates' relevant professional
experience, dated 9/30/91
Exhibit
DD: September 16, 1991 letter from Westchester Co. Med Ctr Hospital
Advisory Board to
Westchester Co. Board of Legislators
Exhibit
EE: Andrew O'Rourke's September 18, 1991 federal express/priority mail letter to
individual members of Hospital Advisory Board
Exhibit
FF: "O'Rourke Invites Hospital Board to Quit", Gannett, 9/19/91
Exhibit
GG: "O'Rourke Says Hospital Board Has Prejudged His Nominee",
Gannett, 9/26/91
Exhibit
HH: "Hospitals Chief Choice: A Set-Up for a Let Down?",
Gannett, 10/1/91
Exhibit
II: "Citizen Boards Obligated to the People, Not O'Rourke",
Gannett, 9/20/91
Exhibit
JJ: October 10, 1991 letter of Carol Farkas, Chairwoman of the Westchester
Co. Medical Ctr Hospital Advisory Board
to
Westchester Co. Board of Legislators
Exhibit
KK: "O'Rourke Drops 2 Members of Hospital Board", Gannett,
1/8/92
Exhibit
LL: "O'Rourke Bungles in Dropping Two Hospital Board Members",
Gannett, 1/9/92
Exhibit
MM: "Hospital Board's Fate Rests with County Executive",
Gannett, 2/20/92
Exhibit
NN: "County Hospital Board Member Resigns; Cites Politics as Reason",
Gannett, 4/24/92
Exhibit OO: "Why Talk About Deal? O'Rourke May Stay", Gannett,
9/12/91
Exhibit
PP: "Mosca Got Pension WIndfall", Gannett, 9/8/91
Exhibit
QQ: "Mosca Report Raises Questions About O'Rourke, Vergari", Gannett,11/24/89
Exhibit
RR-1: Pages 7-9 of the September 16, 1991 meeting of Tarrytown B of Trustees, with
statement by Trustee Michael Reynolds
Exhibit
RR-2: Michael Reynold's September 13, 1991 letter to President Bush and Senator Kennedy
Exhibit
SS-1: NJC's January 7, 1992 letter to Michael Kinsella, Administrative Asst
to
Senator Alfonse D'Amato
Exhibit
SS-2: NJC's February 11, 1992 letter to Michael Kinsella
Exhibit
SS-3: NJC's March 3, 1992 letter to Michael Kinsella
Exhibit
TT: "D'Amato Probe Cost Taxpayers $818,000", Gannett, 12/13/91
Exhibit
UU: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Biden's January 31, 1992 letter
to NJC
Exhibit
VV: NJC's April 16, 1992 Freedom of Information request to U.S. Justice
Dept.
Exhibit
WW: Pages 1-7, ABA Booklet: Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary
(published 1991)
Exhibit
XX-1: NJC's February 24, 1992 letter to City Bar President Conrad Harper
Exhibit
XX-2: NJC's March 5, 1992 letter from President Harper
Exhibit
XX-3: NJC's March 17, 1992 letter to President Harper
Exhibit
YY-1: NJC's April 7, 1992 letter to Harriet Grant, Chief Nominations Counsel/Senate
Judiciary Committee
Exhibit
YY-2: NJC's April 8, 1992 letter to Harriet Grant
Exhibit
YY-3: NJC's April 20, 1992 letter from Harriet Grant
Exhibit
ZZ: Page 7 of the City Bar's Rules of Procedure for its Committee on the
Judiciary
Exhibit AAA-1: "Bar Group Told to Stop Rating Judges", NYT, 6/4/91
Exhibit AAA-2: "Pick Judges, Not Fights", NYT, 6/8/91
Exhibit AAA-3: "U.S. Justice Dept. Squelches Speech", Gannett, 6/8/91
Exhibit
BBB: Front & back book jacket of Andrew O'Rourke' Hawkwood
Exhibit
CCC: Affidavit of certified public accountant Richard Berenson, sworn
April 15, 194/15/92
Exhibit DDD-1: "End Public Support for Private Bias", Gannett, 8/8/90
Exhibit DDD-2: "Golf Clubs Sub-Par In Recruiting Blacks", Gannett,
4/7/91
Exhibit DDD-3: "Another Barrier is Broken", Gannett, 5/18/91
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