Making, Defending & Avoiding Complaints About Judicial Conduct

Originally held on Tuesday, March 8, 2016| 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

PROGRAM CHAIR
Brett J. Nomberg
Brand Brand Nomberg & Rosenbaum, LLP

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• This program is designed to help educate the bar and judiciary about the system and recourse available in the context of judicial conduct, from the people involved in the system on a daily basis. The panel will address the procedures, the recourse, which complaints are taken more seriously and which are not, and what can be done on both sides to avoid such complaints.

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• Mark H. Levine
  Deputy Administrator
  New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct

  Hon. Peter H. Moulton                                                         
  Administrative Judge for Civil Matters
  First Judicial District

  Deborah A. Scalise                                                                
  Scalise and Hamilton LLP

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• 6:00 pm – 6:10 pm	Introduction About the panelists Questions encouraged during discussion (excluding pending cases or judicial opinions) Brett J. Nomberg, Brand Brand Nomberg & Rosenbaum, LLP – Chair of Tort Litigation Committee
  6:10 pm – 7:00 pm	How Ethical Complaints Against a Judge are Administered by the NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct The legal authority for the Commission on Judicial Conduct The membership/staff of the Commission How complaints are filed and the manner by which they are processed The investigation and resolution of complaints The potential outcomes from a complaint Mitigating and aggravating circumstances that are considered by the Commission What decisions by the Commission are made public General statistics of Supreme/Civil Court judges admonished, censured or removed A general discussion of the Rules Governing Judicial Conduct Rule 100.3(3) – Requirement that a judge shall be patient, dignified and courteous to attorneys and others Concerns about judicial retaliation Mark Levine, NYC Deputy Administrator, N.Y.S. Commission on Judicial Conduct
  7:00 pm – 7:50 pm	How Complaints Against a Judge are Handled by the Administrative Judge in New York County The job duties of the Administrative Judge What complaints are appropriate for the Administrative Judge vs. the Commission How should the Administrative Judge be contacted What are the most common complaints made by attorneys What types of complaints are considered serious to warrant intervention What powers does the Administrative Judge have to address complaints against a Judge Suggestion to attorneys having a conflict with a judge Suggestions to judges to avoid ethical complaints Ethical Rule 100.3(3) – Civility towards attorneys and litigants Hon. Peter H. Moulton, J.S.C., Administrative Judge, 1st Judicial District
  7:50 pm – 8:00 pm	BREAK
  8:00 pm – 8:50 pm	Defending a Judge Who has an Ethical Complaint Made Against Him or Her A discussion of the Ethical rules from the perspective of the judge’s attorney, Rule 100.0-100.6 Most common ethical complaints against Supreme/Civil Court Judges by lawyers and non-lawyers Instructive war stories How to successfully defend a judge before the Commission for alleged ethical violations Procedural and substantive rights of the judge Best advice and recommendations to avoid ethical complaints Suggestions to judges to avoid ethical complaints Suggestions to judges once a complaint is made Deborah A. Scalise, Scalise & Hamilton, LLP
  8:50 pm – 9:00 pm	Q&A

   

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• This program provides 3.0 credits in ethics for the New York & New Jersey MCLE requirements. California & Pennsylvania credit differs as it is based on a 60-minute credit hour. The live program provided transitional credit to newly admitted attorneys; the recording does not provide transitional credit.

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