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NY Jud L § 467 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 467 - Registration of Attorneys.

§  467.  Registration  of  attorneys.  The  clerks  of  each appellate   division shall forward to the clerk of the  court  of  appeals  and  the   chief  administrator of the courts a list of attorneys newly admitted to   practice. Such list shall be forwarded at such times and in such form as   the clerk of the court of appeals  and  the  chief  administrator  shall   provide.
NY Jud L § 468 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 468 - Official Registration of Attorneys to Be Kept by the Chief Administrator of the Courts.

§  468.  Official  registration  of  attorneys to be kept by the chief   administrator of the courts. 1. It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief   administrator  of  the  courts  to enter in a bound book or volume to be   kept by him for that purpose, which shall be known and designated as and   is   hereby   made   the   "official   register   of    attorneys    and   counsellors-at-law  in  the state of New York," the names and residences   of attorneys newly admitted to practice in the alphabetical order of the   first letter of their surnames, the title of the court and the time  and   place  where  admitted.  The  said  "official  register of attorneys and   counsellors-at-law in the state of New York," is hereby declared to be a   public record and presumptive  evidence  that  the  individuals  therein   named  were  admitted to practice as attorneys and counsellors-at-law in   the courts of record of this state.2. The chief administrator shall provide the public  with  information   contained  in  such official register. Upon request, the office of court   administration shall disclose whether  a  person  is  registered  as  an   attorney  as  required  by  section  four  hundred sixty-eight-a of this   chapter. Where the official register  indicates  that  an  attorney  has   resigned from the bar, or has been removed or suspended from practice by   an  appellate  division of the supreme court and has not been readmitted   to practice, that fact shall also be disclosed.
NY Jud L § 468-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 468-A - Biennial Registration of Attorneys.

§  468-a.  Biennial  registration  of attorneys. 1. Every attorney and   counsellor-at-law admitted to  practice  in  this  state  on  or  before   January   first,   nineteen  hundred  eighty-two,  whether  resident  or   nonresident, shall file  a  biennial  registration  statement  with  the   administrative  office  of the courts on or before March first, nineteen   hundred eighty-two in such form as the chief administrator of the courts   shall prescribe. An attorney who is admitted to practice  after  January   first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-two  and  on  or before January first,   nineteen hundred eighty-six, shall file a registration statement  within   sixty  days  after the date of admission. An attorney who is admitted to   practice after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-six shall  file  a   registration  statement  prior  to  taking  the  constitutional  oath of   office.2. Attorneys shall register biennially on the dates prescribed by  the   chief  administrator. In the event of a change in information previously   submitted, an attorney shall file an  amended  statement  within  thirty   days of such change.3.  The  chief  administrator  shall  prescribe the form in which such   registry of attorneys shall be maintained and the procedures for  public   access  thereto,  and  may  make  all  such  other rules and regulations   necessary and appropriate to implement and  enforce  the  provisions  of   this section.4.  The  biennial registration fee shall be three hundred seventy-five   dollars, sixty dollars of which shall be allocated to and  be  deposited   in   a   fund   established   pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section   ninety-seven-t of the state finance law, fifty dollars of which shall be   allocated to and shall be deposited in a fund  established  pursuant  to   the  provisions  of  section  ninety-eight-b  of  the state finance law,   twenty-five dollars of which shall be allocated to  be  deposited  in  a   fund established pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-eight-c of   the  state finance law, and the remainder of which shall be deposited in   the attorney licensing  fund.  Such  fee  shall  be  required  of  every   attorney  who  is  admitted  and licensed to practice law in this state,   whether or not the attorney is engaged in the practice of  law  in  this   state   or   elsewhere,  except  attorneys  who  certify  to  the  chief   administrator of the courts that they have retired from the practice  of   law.5.  Noncompliance  by  an attorney with the provisions of this section   and the rules promulgated hereunder shall constitute conduct prejudicial   to  the  administration  of  justice  and  shall  be  referred  to   the   appropriate  appellate  division  of  the supreme court for disciplinary   action.
NY Jud L § 469 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 469 - Continuance Where Attorney Is Member of Legislature.

§  469.  Continuance  where attorney is member of legislature.  When a   party to a civil action or proceeding shows by  his  or  his  attorney's   affidavit  that his attorney is a member of the legislature of the state   of New York, that the legislature is in regular or  special  session  or   that  not more than ten days have elapsed since the adjournment sine die   of such session, that such attorney is the  only  one  employed  by  the   party  who is prepared to try the cause, and that due to the performance   of his legislative duties he is then unable to try the cause, the  court   shall  grant  a  stay of the trial without prejudice to its place on the   calendar, provided that no such stay shall extend to more than ten  days   after the adjournment sine die of the session of the legislature.
NY Jud L § 470 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 470 - Attorneys Having Offices in This State May Reside in Adjoining State.

§  470. Attorneys having offices in this state may reside in adjoining   state. A person, regularly admitted  to  practice  as  an  attorney  and   counsellor,  in the courts of record of this state, whose office for the   transaction of law business is within the state, may  practice  as  such   attorney or counsellor, although he resides in an adjoining state.
NY Jud L § 471 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 471 - Attorney Who Is Judge's Partner or Clerk Prohibited From Practicing Before Him or in His Court.

§  471.  Attorney  who  is  judge's  partner  or clerk prohibited from   practicing before him or in his court. The law partner  or  clerk  of  a   judge  shall  not  practice before him, as attorney or counsellor in any   cause, or be employed in any cause which originated before  him.  A  law   partner  of, or person connected in law business with a judge, shall not   practice or act as an attorney or counsellor, in a court, of  which  the   judge  is,  or is entitled to act as a member, or in a cause originating   in that court; except where the latter  is  a  member  of  a  court,  ex   officio, and does not officiate or take part, as a member of that court,   in any of the proceedings therein.
NY Jud L § 472 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 472 - Attorney Who Is Surrogate's Parent or Child Prohibited From Practicing Berfore Him.

§  472.  Attorney  who  is surrogate's parent or child prohibited from   practicing berfore him. A surrogate's parent or child shall not practice   or be employed as attorney or counsel, in any case, in which his partner   or clerk is prohibited by law from so practicing, or being employed.
NY Jud L § 473 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 473 - Constables, Coroners, Criers and Attendants Prohibited From Practicing During Term of Office.

§  473.  Constables,  coroners,  criers and attendants prohibited from   practicing during term  of  office.  A  constable,  coroner,  crier,  or   attendant  of  a  court,  shall  not,  during his continuance in office,   practice as an attorney or counsellor in any court, nor shall a sheriff,   under-sheriff, deputy-sheriff, or sheriff's clerk  so  practice  in  the   county in which he is elected or appointed.
NY Jud L § 474-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 474-B - Attorney Retainer Statements.

§   474-b.   Attorney   retainer   statements.  The  office  of  court   administation shall make available to the department of social  services   copies  of  retainer  statements  or  closing  statements filed with the   office of court administration pursuant to the rules  of  the  appellate   divisions, or relevant information contained therein, for the purpose of   enabling  the  department  to  compare  a  list  of  parties against the   department's public assistance and medical assistance recipient listings   in order for the department to determine the potential for  recovery  of   such assistance paid, consistent with applicable law.
NY Jud L § 475 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 475 - Attorney's Lien in Action, Special or Other Proceeding.

§  475.  Attorney's  lien in action, special or other proceeding. From   the commencement of an action, special or other proceeding in any  court   or   before  any  state,  municipal  or  federal  department,  except  a   department  of  labor,  or  the  service  of  an  answer  containing   a   counterclaim,  or  the  initiation  of  any means of alternative dispute   resolution including, but not limited to, mediation or  arbitration,  or   the  provision  of  services in a settlement negotiation at any stage of   the dispute, the attorney who appears for a party has a lien upon his or   her client's cause of action, claim or counterclaim, which attaches to a   verdict, report, determination, decision, award, settlement, judgment or   final order in his or her client's favor, and the  proceeds  thereof  in   whatever  hands  they  may  come; and the lien cannot be affected by any   settlement between the parties before or after judgment, final order  or   determination. The court upon the petition of the client or attorney may   determine and enforce the lien.
NY Jud L § 475-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 475-A - Notice of Lien.

§  475-a.  Notice  of lien. If prior to the commencement of an action,   arbitration, mediation or a form of alternative dispute resolution, or a   special or other proceeding, an attorney serves a notice  of  lien  upon   the  person  or persons against whom his or her client has or may have a   claim or cause of action, the attorney has a  lien  upon  the  claim  or   cause  of action from the time such notice is given, which attaches to a   verdict, report, determination, decision,  award,  settlement  or  final   order in his or her client's favor of any court, arbitral tribunal or of   any  state,  municipal  or  federal  department,  except a department of   labor, and to any money or property which may be recovered on account of   such claim or cause of action in whatever hands they may come;  and  the   lien cannot be affected by any settlement between the parties after such   notice  of  lien  is  given.  The  notice shall, (1) be served by either   personal service or registered mail; (2) be in writing; (3)  state  that   the relationship of attorney and client has been established, the nature   of  the claim or cause of action, and that the attorney claims a lien on   such claim or cause of action; (4) be signed by  the  client,  or  by  a   person  on  his  or  her  behalf  whose relationship is shown, and which   signature shall also  be  witnessed  by  a  disinterested  person  whose   address  shall  also be given; and (5) be signed by the attorney. A lien   obtained under this section shall otherwise have the same effect and  be   enforced  in  the  same  manner  as  a  lien obtained under section four   hundred seventy-five of this article.
NY Jud L § 476 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 476 - Action Against Attorney for Lending His Name in Suits and Against Person Using Name.

§  476.  Action  against  attorney  for  lending his name in suits and   against person using name. If an attorney knowingly permits a person not   being his general law partner, or a clerk in his office, to  sue  out  a   mandate,  or  to  prosecute or defend an action in his name, he, and the   person who so uses his name, each forfeits to the party against whom the   mandate has been sued out, or the action prosecuted or defended, the sum   of fifty dollars, to be recovered in an action.
NY Jud L § 476-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 476-A - Action for Unlawful Practice of the Law.

§   476-a.   Action  for  unlawful  practice  of  the  law.  1.    The attorney-general may maintain an action upon his or her own  information or  upon  the  complaint  of  a  private  person or of a bar association organized and existing under the laws of this state against any  person, partnership,  corporation,  or  association,  and  any  employee, agent, director, or officer thereof who commits  any  act  or  engages  in  any conduct  prohibited  by law as constituting the unlawful practice of the law. The term "action" as used in this subdivision shall be construed to include both civil actions and criminal actions.   The term "unlawful practice of the law" as used in this article  shall include, but is not limited to,  (a)  any act prohibited by penal law sections two hundred seventy, two hundred seventy-a, two hundred seventy-e, two hundred  seventy-one,  two hundred   seventy-five,   two   hundred   seventy-five-a,   two  hundred seventy-six, two hundred eighty or fourteen hundred fifty-two, or  (b) any other act forbidden by law  to  be  done  by  any  person  not regularly licensed and admitted to practice law in this state, or  (c)  any act punishable by the supreme court as a criminal contempt of court under section seven hundred fifty-B of this chapter.   2. Such a civil action may also be maintained  by  a  bar  association organized  and existing under the laws of the state of New York, upon an application to the supreme court of the state of New York, or a  justice thereof,  for  leave  to  bring the same by such bar association on good cause shown therefor and proof that a written request was made upon  the attorney-general  to bring such an action and that more than twenty days have elapsed since the making of such request and he or she  has  failed or refused to bring such an action.
NY Jud L § 476-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 476-B - Injunction to Restrain Defendant From Unlawful Practice of the Law.

§  476-b.  Injunction  to restrain defendant from unlawful practice of   the law. In a civil action brought as prescribed in section four hundred   seventy-six-a of this article,  the  final  judgment  in  favor  of  the   plaintiff  shall  perpetually restrain the defendant from the commission   or continuance of the act complained of. A temporary  restraining  order   to  restrain  the  commission or continuance thereof may be granted upon   proof, by  affidavit,  that  the  defendant  has  violated  any  of  the   provisions  of  such section. The provisions of statute or rule relating   generally to injunctions as provisional remedies  in  actions  apply  to   such a temporary restraining order and the proceedings thereupon, except   that  the plaintiff shall not be required to file any undertaking before   the issuance of such temporary restraining order, shall  not  be  liable   for costs and shall not be liable for damages sustained by reason of the   restraining  order  in  cases where judgment is rendered in favor of the   person, firm or corporation sought to be enjoined.
NY Jud L § 476-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 476-C - Investigation by the Attorney-General.

§    476-c.    Investigation   by   the   attorney-general.   1.   The   attorney-general  is  empowered  to  conduct  an  investigation  of  any   complaint  of  unlawful practice of the law and in connection therewith,   the attorney-general, his deputy, assistant, special assistant or  other   officer  designated  by  him  for  such purpose is empowered to subpoena   witnesses, compel their attendance, examine them under oath  before  him   or the supreme court of the state of New York, or a justice thereof, and   require the production of any books or papers which he deems relevant or   material to the inquiry. Such power of subpoena and of examination shall   not  abate or terminate by reason of the commencement or pendency of any   action or proceeding brought by the attorney-general under section  four   hundred seventy-six-a.2. No person shall be excused from attending such inquiry in pursuance   to  the  mandates  of  a subpoena, or from producing a paper or book, or   from being examined or required to answer a question on  the  ground  of   failure  of tender or payment of a witness fee or mileage, unless at the   time of such appearance or production, as the case may be, such  witness   makes  demand  for such payment as a condition precedent to the offering   of testimony or production required by  the  subpoena  and  unless  such   payment  is  not  thereupon made. Such provisions for payment of witness   fee or mileage do not apply to any officer, director or  person  in  the   employ  of  any  person,  partnership,  corporation,  company,  trust or   association whose conduct or practices are being investigated.3. It shall be the  duty  of  all  public  officers,  their  deputies,   assistants,  subordinates,  clerks or employees and all other persons to   render  and  furnish  to  the  attorney-general,  his  deputy  or  other   designated  officer  when  requested  all  information and assistance in   their possession or within their power.  Any  officer  participating  in   such   inquiry   who  shall  disclose  to  any  person  other  than  the   attorney-general  the  name  of  any  witness  examined  or  any   other   information  obtained  upon  such  inquiry  except  as  directed  by the   attorney-general shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Jud L § 477 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 477 - Settlement of Actions for Personal Injury.

§  477.  Settlement  of  actions for personal injury. If, in an action   commenced to recover damages for a personal injury or for death  as  the   result  of  a  personal injury, an attorney having or claiming to have a   lien for services performed or to be performed who shall  have  appeared   for  the  person or persons having or claiming to have a right of action   for such injury or death, no settlement or  adjustment  of  such  action   shall  be  valid, unless consented to in writing by such attorney and by   the person or persons for whom he shall have appeared, or approved by an   order of the court in which such action is brought.
NY Jud L § 479 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 479 - Soliciting Business on Behalf of an Attorney.

§  479.  Soliciting  business  on  behalf  of an attorney. It shall be   unlawful for any person or his agent, employee or any person  acting  on   his  behalf,  to solicit or procure through solicitation either directly   or  indirectly  legal  business,  or  to  solicit  or  procure   through   solicitation  a  retainer, written or oral, or any agreement authorizing   an attorney to perform or  render  legal  services,  or  to  make  it  a   business   so   to  solicit  or  procure  such  business,  retainers  or   agreements.
NY Jud L § 480 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 480 - Entering Hospital to Negotiate Settlement or Obtain Release or Statement.

§  480. Entering hospital to negotiate settlement or obtain release or   statement. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter a  hospital  for   the  purpose  of negotiating a settlement or obtaining a general release   or statement, written or oral, from any person confined in said hospital   or sanitarium as a patient, with reference to any personal injuries  for   which  said  person  is  confined  in said hospital or sanitarium within   fifteen days after the injuries were sustained,  unless  at  least  five   days  prior  to  the  obtaining  or procuring of such general release or   statement such injured party has signified in  writing  his  willingness   that  such general release or statement be given. This section shall not   apply to a person entering a hospital for  the  purpose  of  visiting  a   person therein confined, as his attorney or on behalf of his attorney.
NY Jud L § 481 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 481 - Aiding, Assisting or Abetting the Solicitation of Persons or the Procurement of a Retainer for or on Behalf of an Attorney.

§  481.  Aiding,  assisting or abetting the solicitation of persons or   the procurement of a retainer for or on behalf of an attorney. It  shall   be  unlawful for any person in the employ of or in any capacity attached   to any hospital, sanitarium, police department, prison or court, or  for   a  person  authorized  to furnish bail bonds, to communicate directly or   indirectly with any attorney or person acting  on  his  behalf  for  the   purpose   of   aiding,  assisting  or  abetting  such  attorney  in  the   solicitation of legal business or the procurement  through  solicitation   of  a  retainer,  written  or  oral,  or  any  agreement authorizing the   attorney to perform or render legal services.
NY Jud L § 482 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 482 - Employment by Attorney of Person to Aid, Assist or Abet in the Solicitation of Business or the Procurement Through Solicitation of a Retainer to Perfo

§  482. Employment by attorney of person to aid, assist or abet in the   solicitation of business or the procurement through  solicitation  of  a   retainer to perform legal services. It shall be unlawful for an attorney   to  employ any person for the purpose of soliciting or aiding, assisting   or abetting in the solicitation of legal  business  or  the  procurement   through  solicitation  either  directly  or  indirectly  of  a retainer,   written or oral, or of any agreement authorizing the attorney to perform   or render legal services.
NY Jud L § 483 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 483 - Signs Advertising Services as Attorney at Law.

§  483.  Signs  advertising  services  as attorney at law. It shall be   unlawful for any person to maintain on real property  or  to  permit  or   allow  any  other  person  to  maintain, on such property a sign, in any   language, to the effect that an attorney-at-law or  legal  services  are   available  therein  unless  the  full name of the attorney-at-law or the   firm rendering such services is set forth thereon.  In  any  prosecution   for  violation of the provisions of this section the existence of such a   sign on real property shall be presumptive evidence that it  was  placed   or  permitted  to  exist  thereon  with the knowledge and consent of the   person or persons in possession of said premises.