Professional Discipline – A Year in Review: Key Public and Private Disciplinary Decisions from the Attorney Grievance Committee and the Commission on Judicial Conduct

Thursday, March 28, 2019 | 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

 

Program Chair:

Kathy W. Parrino
Principal Attorney
Attorney Grievance Committee
Supreme Court
Appellate Division
First Judicial Department

  • This program will focus on some of the most pressing ethical issues and hottest developments surrounding interpretations of the Rules and their enforcement by the Committees and the Courts. Often, when the Attorney Grievance Committee disciplines an attorney, it comes as an admonition—a private sanction; you cannot read about it in the New York Law Journal or even on the Court websites. This program will reveal the kinds of misconduct that the Committees address through private sanctions and letters of advisement. Be alerted to the type of attorney misconduct – both professional and personal – that result in scrutiny, investigation, and sanction. Plus, learn more about judicial misconduct, where judges have been disciplined for their conduct towards attorneys and in their capacity as attorneys.

    Live Program & Webcast: $199 for Members | $299 for Nonmembers
    Small Law Firm: $99 for Members

    Members who are Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (earliest admission 2017-2019 in any state or country), In-House/Corporate Counsel, Judges (and their staff), or attorneys that practice within the Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for free.

     

  • Brenda Correa
    Principal Attorney
    NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct
    Jeremy S. Garber
    Special Trial Attorney
    Attorney Grievance Committee
    Supreme Court, Appellate Division
    First Judicial Department
    Michael Ross
    Law Offices Of Michael S. Ross
    Kaylin Whittingham
    Whittingham Law

     

  • 6:00 pm – 6:10 pm Introduction & Overview of the Types of Discipline/Sanctions Against Attorneys
    6:10 pm – 6:45 pm Advisements and Admonitions

    • Types of misconduct the Attorney Grievance Committee has advised and/or admonished against
    6:45 pm – 7:35 pm Public Sanctions

    • Misconducts involving conflicts, fees, litigation misconduct, escrow accounts, etc. resulting in public sanctions ranging from public censure to disbarment
    7:35 pm – 7:55 pm Discipline of Judges

    • Judges’ conduct towards attorneys that results in misconduct investigation and sanction, and in their capacity as attorneys
    7:55 pm – 8:00 pm Q & A and Closing

     

  • CLE Credit
    New York:
    2.0 Ethics
    New Jersey:
     2.2 professional responsibility
    California:
    2.0 professional responsibility
    Pennsylvania:
    1.5 professional responsibility

     

  • Sponsoring Association Committee:
    Professional Discipline | Kaylin L. Whittingham, Chair

    Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
    Angie Avila, Membership Outreach and Sponsorships Manager | (212) 382-6608 | aavila@nycbar.org

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