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New York State Bar Association
1990
NJC’s
October 1, 1990 fax
to Angelo Cometa, President
-- SEE:
Judicial Selection - NYS Judicial Elections -
Castracan v.
Colavita
October
2, 1990 letter from Kathleen Mulligan Baxter, Counsel
1995
CJA's
February 3, 1995 letter to Professor J. Carlisle, Member -
NYSBA Committee on Professional Discipline
(indicated copies to Professor Janet Johnson (Chair-Grievance
Committee for the 9th Judicial District); Frank Rosiny (Chair-NYSBA
Committee on Professional Discipline)
-- SEE:
Test Case - Federal
(Mangano)
CJA's April
7, 1995 letter to Professor J. Carlisle
(indicated copies to Committee Chair Rosiny & Professor Janet Johnson)
CJA's May 16, 1995 letter
to Richard Grayson,
Member - NYSBA Committee on Professional Discipline
(indicated copies to Patricia Gorman (Counsel, NYS Assembly
Judiciary Committee); Chairman Rosiny, Professor Carlisle, Professor
Janet Johnson)
CJA's
June 1, 1995 letter to Frank Rosiny, Chairman, Committee on Professional
Discipline -- "RE: Unconstitutionality of New York's attorney
disciplinary law, as written and as applied"
(indicated copies to President Maxwell Pfeifer; Haliburton Fales
(Chairman/First Dept Disciplinary Committee & Task Force on the
Profession), Martin Adelman, Esq., Professor Jay Carlisle & Richard
Grayson, (members Committee on Professional Discipline); Hal
Lieberman (member-Committee on Professional Discipline & Chief
Counsel-First Dept Disciplinary Committee) Sheldon Elsen (First Dept
Disciplinary Committee, Patricia Gorman (Counsel -NYS Assembly
Judiciary Committee)
June 5, 1995 letter
from Kathleen Mulligan Baxter, Counsel, NYSBA (indicated
copy to Frank Rosiny)
1997
CJA's
May 5, 1997notice-challenge RE: File of Article 78 proceeding,
Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct, N.Y. Co. Clerk
#95-109141"
Ex. A-1: "Commission Abandons Investigative Mandate", CJA's ltr
to editor, NYLJ, 8/14/95
Ex. A-2: "A
Call for Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ, 11/20/96
Ex. B: CJA's
3-page analysis of the fraudulent judicial decision in Doris L. Sassower
v. Commission, with annexed
law: 22 NYCRR 7000.1 et seq., Judiciary Law 44.1, NYS Constitution,
Article VI, Sec. 22
1998
CJA's
January 9, 1998 letter to Joshua Pruzansky, President
CJA's January 12, 1998 letter
to President Pruzansky
CJA's February 9, 1998 letter
to President Pruzansky, with inventory of transmittal
CJA's February 10,
1998 memo to President Pruzansky -- "RE: O'Rourke Waiver"
CJA’s
November 19, 1998 letter to Howard Stave, Chair, Judicial Selection
Committee
1999
CJA’s
January 4, 1999 letter to James C. Moore, President -- "RE:
Appointment of Justice Albert Rosenblatt to the Court of Appeals"
(indicated copy to Howard Stave, Chair, NYSBA Judicial Selection
Committee)
CJA’s
February 17, 1999 letter to President Moore -- "RE: New York
State Bar Association's Committee on Judicial Selection"
Ms.
Baxter’s February 18, 1999 letter
2000
CJA's OCTOBER 16, 2000 REPORT ON THE CORRUPTION OF "MERIT SELECTION"
BY THE NYS COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL NOMINATION
Exhibit A-1: "An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of
Appeals", ltr to the editor, NYPost, 12/28/98
Exhibit A-2: CJA's March 26, 1999 ethics complaint to the NYS Ethics
Commission
Exhibit B: CJA's September 15, 1999 ethics complaint/supplement to the
NYS Ethics Commission
Exhibit C-1: CJA's October 6, 2000 ltr to NYS Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Exhibit C-2: Commission on Judicial Nomination's 10/4/00 report of
recommendees
Exhibit D-1: CJA's October 11, 2000 ltr to Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Exhibit D-2: CJA's October 11, 2000 ltr to Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Exhibit D-3: October 13, 2000 ltr from Counsel/Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Exhibit E-1: February 24, 2000 ltr from Counsel/Commission on Judicial
Nomination, enclosing Commission's
November 12, 1998 report of recommendees
Exhibit E-2: CJA's March 12, 1999 ltr to Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Exhibit F: CJA's February 5, 1999 ltr to Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Ex A-1: November 25, 1998 ltr from Counsel/Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Ex. A-2: CJA's December 1, 1998 ltr to Commission on Judicial Nomination
Ex. B: CJA's December 16, 1998 ltr to Senior Counsel/NYS Senate
Judiciary Committee
Ex. C: "An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of Appeals",
NY Post, 12/28/98
Ex. D: CJA's January 13, 1999 ltr to NYS Senate Judiciary
Committee/Clerk
Exhibit G-1: April 26, 1999 ltr of Exec.Director/NYS Committee on Open
Government
Exhibit G-2: CJA's May 3, 1999 ltr to Commission on Judicial Nomination
Exhibit H: CJA's October 5, 1998 ltr to Commission on Judicial Nomination
Ex. A: NYLJ notices, 9/15/98, 9/21/98
Ex. B-1: Commission on Judicial Nomination brochure
Ex. B-2-5: Commission on Judicial Nomination questionnaire
Ex. C: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?", NYT,
10/26/94
Ex. D: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom and on the Public
Payroll", NYLJ, 8/27/97
Ex. E-1: "Commission Abandons Investigative Mandate", NYLJ,
8/14/95
Ex. E-2: "A Call for
Concerted Action", NYLJ, 11/20/96
Ex. F: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems",
11/16/96
Exhibit I: CJA's November 18, 1998 ltr to Exec. Committee/City Bar
Exhibit J-1: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems",
ltr to the editor, NYT, 11/16/96
Exhibit J-2: CJA's June 12, 1996 ltr to Counsel to Governor Pataki
Exhibit J-3: CJA's June 11, 1996 ltr to NYS Senate
Ex. A: CJA's April 18, 1896 ltr to Counsel/Senate Judiciary Committee
Ex. D: "Commission Abandons Investigative Mandate", NYLJ,
8/14/95
Ex. F: CJA's 3-page analysis of decision in Doris L. Sassower
v. Commission on Judicial Conduct
Ex. B: CJA's April 29, 1996 ltr to Counsel to Governor Pataki
Exhibit K: NYS Assembly Bill: 2/23/83
INVENTORY OF FILE FOLDER A: documents pertaining to
the Commission on Judicial Nomination's recommendation of Stephen
Crane as "well qualified" for appointment to the NY Court of Appeals
INVENTORY OF FILE FOLDER B: documents pertaining to
the Commission on Judicial Nomination's recommendation of Juanita
Bing Newton as "well qualified" for appointment to the NY Court of
Appeals
CJA's NOVEMBER 13, 2000
REPORT ON THE COMPLICITY OF THE BAR ASSOCIATIONS IN THE CORRUPTION
OF "MERIT SELECTION"
Exhibit A-1: City Bar President Evan Davis' October 18, 2000 ltr to Governor
Pataki, with accompanying
October 18, 2000 press release
Exhibit A-2: 10/19/00 front-page item, NYLJ
Exhibit A-3: CJA's 10/16/00 fax coversheet to City Bar Counsel
Exhibit A-4: CJA's October 19, 2000 fax to City Bar Counsel
Exhibit A-5: October 19, 2000 fax from City Bar Counsel
Exhibit A-6: October 25, 2000 fax coversheet from City Bar Counsel,
enclosing member rosters
Exhibit A-7: November 17, 1998 fax from City Bar Counsel with Executive
Committee membership
Exhibit B-1: State Bar President's October 24, 2000 ltr to Gov. Pataki with
accompanying "Guidelines for Evaluating
Qualifications of Judicial Candidates"
Exhibit B-2: State Bar's October 24, 2000 "News Release"
Exhibit B-3: 10/25/00 NYLJ front page item on State Bar's ratings
Exhibit B-4: CJA's October 25, 2000 fax to State Bar counsel
Exhibit B-5: State Bar membership list of its Executive Committee &
Judicial Selection Committee
Exhibit B-6: State Bar President's November 2, 2000 ltr to NYS Senate
Judiciary Committee
Exhibit C-1: Women's Bar Association's October 20, 2000 "Media Advisory"
Exhibit C-2: 10/23/00 NYLJ front-page item on Women's Bar ratings
Exhibit C-3: CJA's October 23, 2000 ltr to Women's Bar
Exhibit C-4: website of Women's Bar listing its officers & past
presidents
Exhibit D-1: October 20, 2000 ltr from President/NYS Trial Lawyers
Association to Gov. Pataki's counsel
Exhibit D-2: Trial Lawyers' October 20, 2000 "News Release"
Exhibit D-3: 10/24/00 NYLJ front-page item on Trial Lawyers' ratings
Exhibit D-4: CJA's October 24, 2000 ltr-fax to Trial Lawyers
Exhibit E: "Court of Appeals Nominees Grilled by Bar Groups",
10/17/00 front-page article, NYLJ
Exhibit F-1: Gov Pataki's November 2, 2000 press release: "Governor Pataki
Nominates Graffeo to Court of Appeals"
Exhibit F-2: "Pataki Selects Judge for Appeals Court He Sees as
Lenient", NYT, 11/3/00
Exhibit F-3: "Pataki Names Graffeo to Court of Appeals",
NYLJ, 11/3/00
Exhibit G: CJA's June 20, 2000 ltr to Cit Bar President Evan Davis
Exhibit H-1: CJA's September 18, 2000 ltr to Guy Miller Struve & P. Kevin
Castel
Exhibit H-2: 11/3/00 front-page item/NYLJ
Exhibit I-1: CJA's November 19, 1998 ltr to Chairman/NYS Bar's Judicial
Selection Committee
Exhibit I-2: CJA's January 4, 1999 ltr to State Bar President
Exhibit I-3: CJA's February 17, 1999 ltr to State Bar President
Exhibit I-4: February 18, 1999 ltr from Counsel/NYS Bar
Exhibit J-1: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?"
Exhibit J-2: June 1, 1995 ltr to Chairman/State Bar Committee on
Professional Discipline
Exhibit J-3: June 5, 1995 ltr from Counsel/NYS Bar
Exhibit K: CJA's November 19, 1998 ltr to Co-Chair/Women's Bar Judiciary
Committee/with fax coversheets to her
& her Co-Chair, and Women's Bar President
CJA's
November 13, 2000 letter to Michael Hassett, President -- "RE:
CJA's November 13, 2000 report, 'The Complicitous Roles of the Bar
Associations in the Corruption of 'Merit Selection' Appointment to
the New York Court of Appeals"
(indicated copies to First Department Disciplinary Committee;
Institute on Professionalism in the Law, Chief Judge Kaye's
Committee to Promote Public Trust and Confidence in the Legal System)
2001
CJA's
March 1, 2001 letter to NYSBA President-Elect Steven Krane --
"RE: Amicus and other assistance in the appeal of the public
interest Article 78 proceeding, Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator
of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc, acting pro bono
publico, against Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New
York (NY Co. #108551/99; Appellate Division, First Dept. Cal
#2000-5434)
-- SEE:
Test Cases - State
(Commission)
CJA's
June 18, 2001 memo to President Krane -- "RE: Governor Pataki's
Reappointment of Judge William A. Wetzel to the Court of Claims,
Scheduled for a Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing at
10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2001"
(also addressed to City Bar President Evan Davis & Fund for
Modern Courts Executive Director Steven Zeidman, with indicated to
NYS Senate Judiciary Committee)
-- enclosing
CJA's
June 17, 2001 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lack
President
Krane's July 5, 2001 letter to CJA
CJA's November
13, 2001 letter to President Krane -- RE: "Your purported
'review' of the 'materials' on which you based the false and
defamatory statements in your July 5th letter"
(indicated copies to A. Rene Hollyer, Chair-NYSBA Special
Committee on Procedures for Judicial Discipline; NYSBA Albany
Office-Kathleen Mulligan Baxter (Counsel); Patricia Bucklin
(Executive Director); James Silkenat, Chair-NYS Fellows of the
American Bar Foundation)
CJA's
November 13, 2001 letter to President Krane -- "RE: Your July 5,
2001 letter -- and CJA's request herein for your endorsement that
the New York State Bar Association's Special Committee on Procedures
for Judicial Discipline make findings as to the accuracy of the
uncontroverted analyses in the appellate papers of Elena Ruth
Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability,
Inc., acting pro bono publico v. Commission on Judicial Conduct of
the State of New York (N.Y. Co. #108551/99) showing that the New
York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has been the beneficiary
of FOUR fraudulent judicial decisions, without which it would not
have survived, and, upon verification of same, that the Special
Committee provide amicus and other support therein and join
in CJA's long-standing efforts to obtain an official investigation
of the Commission's demonstrated corruption"
(indicated copies to A. Rene Hollyer, Chair-NYSBA
Special Committee on Procedures for Judicial Discipline; NYSBA
Albany Office-Kathleen Mulligan Baxter (Counsel); Patricia Bucklin
(Executive Director); James Silkenat, Chair-NYS Fellows of the
American Bar Foundation)
Ex.
D: Mission Statement of various committees
Ex.
E: "First Baby Boomer to Head NY State Bar Association Will
Work to Restore Trust and Confidence
in the Legal System", NYSBA press release (6/1/01); "New
State Bar President Champions
Openness, Service", NYLJ, 6/11/01
Ex. F: CJA's April 12, 1996 ltr to City Bar President Barbara
Paul Robinson
Ex. G: April 17, 1996 ltr of Steven Krane, Chairman, City
Bar's Committee on Professional & Judicial Ethics
Ex
H: "Bar Presidents Flourish at Proskauer, Rose", NYLJ,
4/8/96
Ex. I: "Ethics Opinion Allows Criticism of
Trial Judge", NYLJ, 2/29/96, Formal Opinion of City Bar's
Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics
Ex. J: Exhibits "I-1" to I-4" of CJA's
November 13, 2000 report
"The Complicitous Role of the Bar Associations in the
Corruption of Merit Selection' Appointment to the New York Court of
Appeals"
Ex. K: Exhibits "J-1" to "J-3" of CJA's
November 13, 2000 report
"The Complicitous Role of the Bar Associations in
the Corruption of Merit Selection' Appointment to the New York Court
of Appeals"
Ex. L: CJA's November 13, 2000 ltr to State Bar President
Hassett/ATT: Counsel Baxter
Ex.
M: Cover, Table of Contents & pp 14-17 of CJA's 11/13/00 report
"The Complicitous Role of the Bar
Associations in the Corruption of Merit Selection' Appointment to
the New York Court of Appeals"
Ex. N-1: CJA's March 2, 2001 ltr to Patricia Bucklin, Counsel,
Chief Judge Kaye's Committee to Promote Public
Trust and Confidence in the Legal System
Ex. N-2: CJA's March 1, 2001 ltr to Chief Judge Kaye
Ex. N-3: CJA's March 7, 2001 ltr to Bucklin, enclosing CJA's
March 7, 2001 ltr to Louis Craco, Chairman, Institute on
Professionalism in the Law
CJA's
November 13, 2001 letter to A. Rene Hollyer, Chairman, Special
Committee on Procedures of Judicial Discipline -- "RE: The duty that
the New York State bar Association's Special Committee on Procedures
for Judicial Discipline owes the Association's 72,000 lawyer members
to address the corruption of the New York State Commission on
Judicial Conduct -- as readily-verifiable from the record of
Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial
Accountability, Inc., acting pro bono publico v. Commission on
Judicial Conduct of the State of New York (N.Y. Co. 108551/99)
(indicated copies to State Bar President Krane; Kathleen Mulligan
Baxter/State Bar Counsel; Patricia Bucklin/State Bar Executive
Director; James R. Silkenat, Chair/NY Fellows of the American Bar
Foundation)
2002
CJA's
January 7, 2002 letter to Chairman Hollyer -- "RE: Request for
amicus and other support in the appeal of Elena Ruth
Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability,
Inc., acting pro bono publico v. Commission on Judicial Conduct of
the State of New York (NY Co. 108551/99) and advocacy to obtain an
official investigation of the Commission on Judicial Conduct, based
on the readily-verifiable proof of its corruption"
(indicated copies to State Bar President Krane; Kathleen Mulligan
Baxter/State Bar Counsel; Patricia Bucklin/State Bar Executive
Director; James R. Silkenat, Chair/NY Fellows of the American Bar
Foundation)
President
Krane's January 15, 2002 e-mail to CJA -- "Subj: Sassower
Litigation"
CJA's February 20, 2002 handwriten
memo to Chairman Hollyer
CJA's March 6, 2002 handwriten
memo to Chairman Hollyer
Chairman Hollyer's April
22, 2002 letter
Chairman Hollyer's May
23, 2002 letter
CJA's
December 11, 2002 public comments and questions at the forum
sponsored by the State Bar & Fund for Modern Courts, entitled,
"Judging the Judges: The New York State Commission on Judicial
Conduct"2003
CJA's
January 29, 2003 e-mail to Kathleen Mulligan Baxter, Counsel --
"Subj: Developing a Legislative/Advocacy Agenda"
-- transmitting
CJA's
January 22, 2003 written statement in opposition to Senate
confirmation of Susan Read to the NY Court of Appeals
-- SEE:
Judicial Selection - NYS
"Merit Selection" -- Ct of Appeals: Read
CJA's
November 25, 2003 letter to New York State Bar Association President A. Thomas Levin
-- "RE: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE: The New York State Bar Association's
duty -- reinforced by your September 16, 2003 testimony before Chief
Judge Kaye's Commission to Promote Public Confidence in Judicial
Elections -- to confront case file evidence documentarily
establishing the corruption of all safeguards for ensuring the
integrity of judicial elections, including: (1) the
unconstitutionality of New York's attorney disciplinary law, as
written and as applied; and (2) the corruption of the New York
State Commission on Judicial Conduct
(indicated recipients including
six NYSBA Committee chairs -- Committee on Judicial Campaign
Conduct, Special Committee on Procedures for Judicial Discipline,
Special Committee on Public Trust and Confidence in the Legal
System, Special Committee on Judicial Independence, Special
Committee to Review Code of Judicial Conduct, Committee on Judicial
Selection -- and NYSBA Executive Director Patricia Bucklin and
Counsel Kathleen Mulligan Baxter)
SEE:
Searching for Champions (Correspondence) - NYS
Officials: Chief Judge Kaye's Commission to Promote Public
Confidence in Judicial Elections
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