A civil action accusing Madison County’s part-time county attorney of self-dealing has been dismissed because the attorney has paid back some of the money and there is little likelihood the situation will arise again, Albany Supreme Court Justice Michael Lynch (See Profile) has decided.
Mahler v. Campanie, 21502-11, involves a part-time county attorney, John Campanie, who became the target of a taxpayer action. The suit alleged that after an Indian land claim case involving Madison County was referred to Nixon Peabody, the firm in turn cross-referred some of the work to Campanie’s private law practice. Campanie revealed the paymentsroughly $800,000 over a dozen yearson his annual ethics disclosure form and the payments were approved by the state.
