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INVENTORY of 11 lbs of
EVIDENTIARY SUBSTANTIATION
TO CJA'S MARCH 26, 1999 ETHICS COMPLAINT
(Blue) FOLDER III:
Governor Pataki's Manipulation of Lower State Court Judgeships and his
Sham Temporary Judicial Screening Committee, on which Paul Schectman was
a Member:
Reappointment of Court of Claims Judge Juanita Bing
Newton
Appointment of Westchester Supreme Court Judge Nicholas
Colabella to the Appellate Division, First Department
CJA’s
March 7, 1997 letter to NY City Bar Association President
- "RE: Supplement to
City Bar's February 7, 1997 Report"
Ex. A-1: "On Choosing
Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", CJA's letter to editor, NYT, November
16, 1996
Ex. A-2: "A Call for
Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 paid ad, NYLJ, November 20, 1996
Ex. B: CJA's June 11, 1996 letter to NYS Senators
Ex. C: CJA's June 12, 1996 letter to Michael Finnegan
Ex. D: City Bar program, "How to Become a Judge", December 7, 1996
Ex. E-1: NYLJ item,
March 4, 1997
Ex. E-2: "Pataki Names
Panels For Judicial Screening", NYLJ, March 6, 1997
Ex. F: CJA's February 10, 1997 letter to Alan Rothstein, City Bar Counsel
Ex. G: CJA's August 22, 1995 letter to John Feerick, Chairman/Fund for Modern Courts
Ex. H: CJA's May 6, 1996 letter to James McGuire
Ex. I-1: "Lawyers'
Attacks on Judges Risk Censure", by Cardozo, National Law Journal,
August 26, 1996
Ex. I-2: City Bar
program, "POLITICIANS ON JUDGES: Fair Criticism or Intimidation?",
October 7, 1996
CJA's
June 2, 1997 letter to Governor George Pataki -- "RE: The public's right
to basic information and your unworthy appointment of Justice Nicholas
Colabella to the Appellate Division, First Department"
Ex. A-1: Gov's press
release announcing members of state judicial screening committee & 3 jud.
appointments
Ex. A-2: "Colabella to
Appellate Division", NYLJ, 5/15/97
Ex. B: Executive Order #11: Temporary Judicial Screening Committee
Ex. C: Executive Order #10: Judicial Screening Committees
Ex. D: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", CJA's letter to
editor, NYT, 11/16/96
Ex. E: "Pataki Names Panels for Judicial Screening", NYLJ, 3/6/97
Ex. F: Gov's classified ads of judicial vacancies
Ex. G: City Bar's Uniform Judicial Questionnaire
Ex. H: 3/24/92 front-page correction in NYLJ, with Doris Sassower's letter
to the editor
Ex. I-1: "Where Do You
Go When Judges Break the Law?", CJA's $16,770 op-ed ad, NYT, 10/26/94
Ex. I-2: Doris
Sassower's Director's Biography
Ex J-1: "Appellate
Selection Process Stirs Concern", NYLJ, 12/10/96
Ex. J-2: December 16, 1996 item,
NYLJ
Ex. K: NY Judge Reviews (1997-8 edition)
CJA's June 12, 1997
letter to members of Governor Pataki's temporary and permanent judicial
screening committees and bar leaders, with a copy to the Governor -- "RE: Ensuring the public's right to
basic information about the Governor's judicial appointments process and
protecting it from unfit judicial nominees"
Relevant News Clipping: "Update", p. 1, NYLJ, January 14,
1998
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