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NEW YORK COUNTY
LAWYERS' ASSOCIATION
UPDATING IN PROGRESS
2011:
Committee on Judicial Independence (co-chairs:
Klaus Eppler & Betty Weinberg Ellerin): -- click here for video of
their presentation of
report & recommendations to
NYS Bar Association's January 28, 2011 House of Delegates' meeting
click here for
report & recommendations
-- background communications with
Klaus Eppler:
cc:
NY County Lawyers' Association: Irwin Davidson/Exec Director;
Klaus Eppler/President: CJA’s
March 18, 1996 letter to President Robinson -- "RE: New York
State Commission on Judicial Conduct"
(indicated copies, also, to Assembly Judiciary Committee, Mayor
Giuliani, Governor Pataki, City Bar Counsel Rothstein, Ronald Russo, attorney for Judge Duckman, NYS Bar
Association President Maxwell Pfeifer, NY media)
Ex A: "Protect Judges From Politicians", op-ed article
by President Robinson, NYT, March 14, 1996,
& "Rush to Judgment By Pataki
Criticized", letter to editor by President Robinson, NYLJ,
March 6, 1996
Ex B: "Ethics Opinion Allows Criticism of Trial
Judge", NYLJ, February 29, 1996
Ex C: "Comm'n Abandons Investigative Mandate", CJA's
letter to editor, NYLJ, August 14, 1995
Ex D: CJA's January 25, 1996 letter to City Bar's Legal Referral
Service
Ex E: "26 Bar Groups Join To Defend Judiciary", NYLJ,
3/8/96
Ex F: CJA's
February 20, 1996 letter to Mayor Giuliani
Ex G: CJA's
February 27, 1996 letter to Mayor Giuliani
cc:
NY County Lawyers' Association: Irwin Davidson &
Klaus Eppler: CJA’s
April 12, 1996 letter to President Robinson -- "RE: The Legal
Community's Ethical/Professional Responsibility"
(indicated copies, also, to Steven Krane, Chairman/Committee
on Professional & Judicial Ethics; Helaine Barnett, Esq., Former
City Bar President Feerick; Incoming City Bar President Michael
Cardozo, Gary Brown, Exec. Director/Fund for Modern Courts; Assembly
Judiciary Committee, Governor Pataki, Mayor Giuliani, NYS Bar Association President
Maxwell Pfeifer, Ronald Russo, Esq., NY media)
Ex C: City Bar's guide, "How to Complain About
Lawyers and Judges in New York City"
Ex D: CJA's
August 22, 1995 ltr to John Feerick/Chairman, Fund
for Modern Courts
cc:
NY
County Lawyers' Association: Davidson & Eppler:
CJA's May 23, 1996 letter
to Assembly Judiciary Committee
-- "RE: New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct"
A CALL FOR CONCERTED ACTION
New York Law Journal, $1,648 paid ad
November 20, 1996 (p. 3)
-- background communications with Betty Weinberg Ellerin,
formerly an associate justice of the Appellate Division, 1st Dept:
See:
Test Case-State (Commission) --
APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
See, inter alia, December 18, 2001 decision on the appeal; &
March 26, 2002 decisions denying reargument/renewal & leave to
appeal
2009:
CJA's September 17, 2009 letter to the New York County Lawyers'
Association -- "RE: The New York County Lawyers' Association's
'Valuable Input' to The New York State Commission on Judicial
Nomination"
CJA's September 24, 2009 memo to, inter alia, NY Co. Lawyers' Association --
"RE: Building Dialogue & Scholarship: 'Merit Selection' to the
New York Court of Appeals"
CJA's September 21, 2009 Comment
to the Commission on Judicial Nomination's Proposed Revised Rules
Exhibit A-1:
“Merit
System For Choosing Judges Isn’t A Cure-all”,
NYT,
1/28/79
Exhibit A-2: “Cuomo Clashes With
Committee Over Judgeships: Asks Panel to
Disregard Law on Nominations”, NYT,
12/20/82
Exhibit
A-3: “The Dispute Over Selections for Court of Appeals”,
NYT,
12/27/82
Exhibit
A-4(a): “The Campaign for Governor is Over: What’s on Trial
Is
How Best to Pick Judges”, NYT, 12/29/82, editorial
Exhibit A-4(b): “Judges Are Better Elected Than Selected”,
NYT, 1/11/83,
letter to the editor by Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink
Exhibit A-5: “Cuomo Requests
Greater Leeway To Select Judges:
Seeks Revised Procedure for Top Court in State”,
NYT, 12/30/82
Exhibit A-6: “Picking of Judges
Assailed by Cuomo: Wants More
Options in Filling Appeals Court Vacancies”,
NYT, 8/15/83
Exhibit A-7: “Judge Selection for New York’s High
Court: The System
Works”, NYT, 8/30/83, letter to the editor by Senate
Minority Leader Manfred Orenstein
Exhibit A-8: “Cuomo Gets Names For
Top Court Job: He Criticizes
Lack of Diversity in List of 7 for Chief Judge”,
NYT, 12/2/84
Exhibit A-9: “Challenge for Cuomo: Picking Judges”,
NYT, 12/7/84
Exhibit A-10: “How Manhattan Stole the Judiciary”,
NYLJ, 12/9/93,
by Appellate Division Justice William C. Thompson
Exhibit
B-1: “Court of Appeals Candidates Are Named”,
NYLJ, 12/3/02
Exhibit B-2: “Few Appellate Judges Apply for Wesley’s
Seat”, NYLJ,
9/18/03
Exhibit
B-3: “Model for Selecting Top Court Judges
Reveals Its Flaws”,
NYLJ, 11/13/03
Exhibit
C: “Semi-Secret Court of Appeals Nominations Draws
Criticism”,
NYLJ,
11/2/00
Exhibit D-1: May 10, 1978 letter from Assemblyman Charles
Henderson
to Governor Hugh Carey, from legislative bill jacket,
Chapter 156, Laws of 1978
Exhibit
D-2: Election Flyer: “On Tuesday, November 8, 1977 For
Better
Courts Vote YES on Court Reform Amendments”
Exhibit
E-1: “Wider Selection Urged for Governor”, NYLJ,
12/23/82,
letter to the editor by Supreme Court Justice James J. Leff
Exhibit
E-2: “Changes Needed In Judicial Selection”, NYLJ,
11/30/82,
letter to the editor by Acting Supreme Court Justice Walter
M. Schackman
CJA's November 23, 2009 memo to, inter alia, NY Co. Lawyers' Association
--
"RE: Building Dialogue & Scholarship: 'Merit Selection' to the
New York Court of Appeals"
CJA's January 2, 2014 letter -- "RE: ACHIEVING NYS BUDGET REFORM:
What is Your Expert Opinion of the Budgets Proposed by New York's Judiciary
& Legislative Branches? -- & How Should the Governor & Legislature be
Reviewing Them, Consistent with Article VII of the NYS Constitution?
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