By Rebecca Baker | June 26, 2017
A 70-year-old town justice accused of behaving belligerently toward an ex-girlfriend, including threatening to prosecute her, will step down from the bench at the end of the month.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 23, 2017
The inquiring part-time attorney judge must report to the Commission on Judicial Conduct that another judge, while presiding over a case, threatened to file a disciplinary complaint against the inquirer unless the inquirer's client settled the case for a particular sum.
By Rebecca Baker | June 22, 2017
Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits suspected that many judges struggled with the pressures of the job. So he began researching the topic and wrote what became the June cover story of the New York State Bar Association's Journal: "Judicial Wellness: The Ups and Downs of Sitting New York Judges."
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 22, 2017
The Mayor's Advisory Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing on June 30 to receive information regarding Mayor Bill de Blasio's nominees for appointment to Family Court and Interim Civil Court. The nominees are Melody Glover, Elenor C. Reid and Christopher Robles.
By Rebecca Baker | June 22, 2017
A former upstate Town Court justice accused of mishandling court funds and records has agreed never to seek or accept judicial office, the Commission on Judicial Conduct said Thursday.
By Josefa Velasquez | June 21, 2017
The Republican-led state Senate on Wednesday confirmed Appellate Division, First Department, Justice Paul Feinman to the Court of Appeals, making him the first openly gay judge on New York's highest court.
By Rebecca Baker | June 21, 2017
A former village justice in Rockland County who was appointed to the bench last year despite his 1978 felony conviction has agreed to resign, the Commission on Judicial Conduct announced Wednesday.
By Jeff Storey | June 20, 2017
A veteran judge who has championed access to justice for the poor will continue her crusade at a Long Island law school after she retires from two high-level state court positions next week.
By Josefa Velasquez | June 20, 2017
First Department Justice Justice Paul Feinman was unanimously approved to the state's highest court by the Judiciary Committee, but a full Senate confirmation vote remained unscheduled Tuesday.
By Rebecca Baker | June 20, 2017
First Department Justice Angela Mazzarelli will fill the unexpired term on the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct of Rolando Acosta, who was promoted to presiding justice of the First Department last month.
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