Professional Discipline Committee

The Professional Discipline Committee reviews the procedures and performance of attorney disciplinary agencies in New York City and recommends rule and policy changes to the Appellate Divisions and Office of Court Administration to improve both. The Committee also prepares and files amicus briefs in appropriate cases, sponsors CLE programs on professional ethics-related topics, works with the Professional Responsibility and Professional Ethics Committees on joint projects to amend and improve the Rules of Professional Conduct and other ethics-related statutes, and oversees the City Bar's Complaint Mediation Program, which seeks to amicably resolve minor client complaints referred by the Departmental Disciplinary Committee in the First Department.

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Recent Reports

Letter to the NYS Unified Court System commenting on a proposed amendment to 22NYCRR § 137.1(b) which would exclude from the Fee Dispute Resolution Program any matters involving disbarred, resigned or suspended attorneys (May 2012)( PDF )
Subject area: Fee Dispute Resolution Program

Proposed Amendment to Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4: Regulating Lawyers’ Supervision of Undercover Investigations (June 2011)( PDF ) Subject area: Undercover Investigations

Letter to the Chief Administrative Judge commenting on the proposed amendment to 22 NYCRR § 118.2(b)(1) which would allow members of the New York Bar who have certified that they are "retired" to provide the Chief Administrator with either a Post Office Box address or active email address as an alternative to public disclosure of their home addresses (April 2011) ( PDF )
Subject area: Retired Lawyers

For the full list of committee reports click here