08 Jun 2009

Judiciary Public Hearing

10:00 AM to 03:00 PM

 


SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

SUBJECT:     The Appellate Division First Department Departmental Disciplinary Committee, the grievance committees of the various Judicial Districts and the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct

 

PURPOSE:    This hearing will review the mission, procedures and level of public satisfaction with the Appellate Division First Department Departmental Disciplinary Committee, the grievance committees of the various Judicial Districts as well as the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct

 

Albany

Monday June 8, 2009

10 A.M.

Meeting Room 6 Empire State Plaza

Albany, NY 12247

 

ORAL TESTIMONY BY INVITATION ONLY

 

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is the entity that is legally responsible for enforcing the Rules of Professional Conduct governing the conduct of attorneys in New York State. The Appellate Division Departments have created grievance committees that are charged with the investigation of complaints against attorneys. Within the First Judicial Department the Departmental Disciplinary Committee of the Appellate Division investigates complaints against attorneys. The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct was created by the State Constitution and is charged with investigating complaints against Judges and Justices of the Unified Court System.

 

According to the 2009 Report of the Commission on Judicial Conduct, there were 1,923 complaints filed in 2008. Yet of these complaints only 262 were investigated and of those, 173 were dismissed. This hearing will examine the processes and procedures that are followed by the various agencies charged with the responsibility of enforcing the rules and regulations that must be followed by the Judiciary and the Bar in the State of New York. It will also evaluate public satisfaction with the disciplinary process.

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Senator John Sampson
Chair
Senate Standing Committee

on the Judiciary

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