The absence of oral argument in attorney discipline matters in Manhattan and Brooklyn came under scrutiny yesterday at a panel discussion on the differences in the imposition of lawyer discipline among the four Appellate Division departments.
Over the course of the 90-minute discussion at the New York State Bar Association’s annual meeting at the Hilton New York, the panelists also touched on the lack of uniformity in the definitions of sanctions, the role of regional culture, the place of diversionary programs for attorneys addicted to drugs and alcohol and whether diversion should include mental illness.
On yesterday’s panel at the New York State Bar’s annual meeting at the Hilton New York are, from left, Presiding Justice Luis Gonzalez, First Department; Justice Mark Dillon, Second Department; Presiding Justice Karen Peters, Third Department; Anthony Gigliotti, principal counsel, Grievance Committee, Fifth Judicial District, Fourth Department; and professor Roy Simon of Hofstra Law. NYLJ/Rick Kopstein
