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FURTHER EVIDENCE
FROM THE CASEFILES
OF PROSECUTED ATTORNEYS
According to Professor (& Commission member) Stephen Gillers, in his
law review article :"Lowering
the Bar: How Lawyer Discipline in New York Fails to Protect the Public",
"Disciplinary opinions rarely attract academic interest... The media is also
uninterested. Nor do other government bodies or citizen groups afford
oversight. So the world of lawyer discipline, largely or entirely the
province of the court, escapes serious scrutiny outside the profession...
pp. 486-487
...I read all 577 New York
opinions imposing discipline between June 2008 and December 2013 inclusive
and selectively among opinions between January 1982 and June 2008...
p. 488
BUT PROFESSOR --
Are you unaware of the decades-old
advocacy of the citizens' group, Center for Judicial Accountability on the
subject of "disciplinary opinions" & other fraudulent judicial decisions --
including public interest ads in
the New York Times &
New York Law
Journal?
And did you not read the June 14, 1991"disciplinary opinion"
suspending Doris Sassower's law license, without reasons or findings?
How
about the "disciplinary opinions" relating to the below attorneys. How
many of these did you read?
GEORGE SASSOWER, Esq. --
Disbarred by Feb. 23, 1987 order of Appellate Division, 2nd Dept.
KENNETH BRUCE,
Esq. --
Suspended by 1991 order of Appellate Division, 2nd Dept.
BERNARD HANFT,
Esq. --
Suspended by Oct. 28, 1994 order of Appellate Division, 2nd Dept.
DAVID JACOBS,
Esq. --
Suspended by March 8, 1993 order of Appellate Division, 2nd Dept.
HOWARD M. THALER,
Esq. --
Suspended by June 10, 1991 order of Appellate Division, 2nd Dept.
WILLIAM B. FALOW, Esq. -- Suspended by June 10, 1991 order of Appellate
Division, 2nd Dept.
NORMAN COUSINS,
Esq. --
Disbarred by Oct. 19, 2010 order of Appellate Division, 1st Dept.
AMY GURVEY, Esq. --
Suspended by order of Appellate Division,
1st Dept.
* * *
ALTON MADDOX, Esq. --
Suspended by May 21, 1990
order of Appellate Division, 2nd Dept.
ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN, Esq. --
Censured by July 17,
1990 order of Appellate Division, 2nd Dept.
* * *
Pre-1980
Herbert Mildner,
Esq.
Milton Levin, Esq.
Julius Gerzoff, Esq.
John Babigian, Esq.
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Elena Sassower's June 1, 1995 letter to Chair of NYS Bar Association's Committee on
Professional Discipline, with a copy to 1st Dept. Discplinary Committee
Counsel Lieberman -- "RE: Unconstitutionality of New York's attorney
disciplinary law, as written and as applied"
Elena Sassower's August 14, 1995 letter --
"Mr. Lieberman...'brushed
me off'...refusing...to discuss the constitutionality of New York's attorney
disciplinary law with me. In our perfunctory conversation, Mr.
Lieberman stated he had still not read Mildner, opined -- in response
to my inquiry as to his view of my mother's cert petition -- merely that it
was 'okay', and refused to comment upon New York's attorney disciplinary law
other than to reaffirm -- without elaboration -- its constitutionality.
Mr. Lieberman could not survive
any debate as to the constitutionality of
New York's attorney disciplinary law -- which is palpably
unconstitutional.
Nor could he -- or any other 'professional responsibility lawyer' --
even begin to defend the litany of honors chronicled in my mother's cert
petition..." (underlining in original)
Well, well, lookie here:
"New York's Attorney Discipline System: How Much 'Process' Is 'Due'?"
New York Law Journal by
Hal R. Lieberman - April 4, 2012
"Attorney
Discipline System: Does it Meet 'Due Process Requirements?"
New York Law Journal by
Hal R. Lieberman - August 31, 2012
New York's Attorney Discipline System: Does it Meet 'Due Process
Requirements?"
New York Law Journal by Hal R. Lieberman
- December 28, 2012
see, also
"Appellate
Review of Disciplinary Decisions", May 29, 2013
"Is
New York's Disciplinary System Truly Broken?", July 16, 2014
"Future of Attorney Discipline in NY's First Judicial Department" - 1999
click here for:
Confronting the Front: Commission on Statewide Attorney
Discipline
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