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NY Jud L § 485 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 485 - Violation of Certain Preceding Sections a Misdemeanor.

§  485.  Violation of certain preceding sections a misdemeanor. Except   as provided in section four hundred eighty-five-a of this  article,  any   person  violating  the provisions of section four hundred seventy-eight,   four hundred seventy-nine, four hundred eighty, four hundred eighty-one,   four hundred eighty-two,  four  hundred  eighty-three  or  four  hundred   eighty-four of this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Jud L § 485-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 485-A - Violation of Certain Sections a Class E Felony.

§  485-a.  Violation  of certain sections a class E felony. Any person   who violates the provisions of sections four hundred seventy-eight, four   hundred eighty-four, four hundred eighty-six or four hundred ninety-five   of this article is guilty of a class  E  felony  when  he  or  she:  (1)   falsely  holds  himself  or herself out as a person licensed to practice   law in this state, a person otherwise permitted to practice law in  this   state,  or  a  person  who  can provide services that only attorneys are   authorized to provide; and (2) causes another person to suffer  monetary   loss  or damages exceeding one thousand dollars or other material damage   resulting from impairment of a  legal  right  to  which  he  or  she  is   entitled.
NY Jud L § 486 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 486 - Practice of Law by Attorney Who Has Been Disbarred, Suspended, or Convicted of a Felony.

§  486. Practice of law by attorney who has been disbarred, suspended,   or convicted of a felony. Any person whose admission to practice  as  an   attorney  and  counselor-at-law has been revoked or who has been removed   from office as attorney and counselor-at-law or, being an  attorney  and   counselor-at-law,  has  been convicted of a felony or has been suspended   from practice and has not been duly and regularly reinstated,  who  does   any  act  forbidden  by the provisions of this article to be done by any   person not regularly admitted to practice law in the courts of record of   this state, unless the judgment, decree or order  suspending  him  shall   permit  such  act,  shall  be  guilty  of a misdemeanor unless otherwise   provided by section four hundred eighty-five-a of this article.
NY Jud L § 486-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 486-A - Conviction for Felony of Person Who Is an Attorney and Counselor at Law; Notice Thereof to Be Given by Clerk to Appropriate Appellate Division of The

§  486-a.  Conviction  for  felony  of  person  who is an attorney and counselor at law; notice thereof to be given  by  clerk  to  appropriate appellate  division  of  the supreme court. Whenever it appears from the record that a person who has been convicted of  any  crime  which  is  a felony,  is  an attorney and counselor at law of this state, it shall be the duty of the clerk of every court in which such conviction is had  to ascertain:  (a)  the  place  and  date  of  such person's admission to practice as attorney and counselor at law; and  (b) his last office and residence addresses;  and,  within  five  days after  the  imposition  of sentence, to transmit a certified copy of the judgment of conviction to the clerk of the  appellate  division  of  the supreme  court  in  the  judicial  department  in  which such person was admitted to practice. Said copy of the  judgment  shall  set  forth,  in addition to all the facts usually stated therein, the place and the date of  admission to practice of such convicted attorney and his last office and residence addresses.
NY Jud L § 487 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 487 - Misconduct by Attorneys.

§ 487. Misconduct by attorneys. An attorney or counselor who:1.  Is guilty of any deceit or collusion, or consents to any deceit or   collusion, with intent to deceive the court or any party; or,2. Wilfully delays his client's suit with a view to his own gain;  or,   wilfully  receives any money or allowance for or on account of any money   which he has not laid out, or becomes answerable for,Is guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  in  addition  to  the  punishment   prescribed  therefor  by the penal law, he forfeits to the party injured   treble damages, to be recovered in a civil action.
NY Jud L § 488 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 488 - Buying Demands on Which to Bring an Action.

§  488.  Buying  demands  on  which to bring an action. An attorney or   counselor shall not:1. Directly or indirectly, buy, take an assignment of  or  be  in  any   manner  interested  in  buying  or  taking  an  assignment  of  a  bond,   promissory note, bill of exchange, book debt, or other thing in  action,   with the intent and for the purpose of bringing an action thereon.2.  By  himself  or  herself,  or by or in the name of another person,   either before or after action brought, promise or give, or procure to be   promised or given,  a  valuable  consideration  to  any  person,  as  an   inducement  to  placing, or in consideration of having placed, in his or   her hands, or in the hands of another person, a demand of any kind,  for   the  purpose  of  bringing  an  action  thereon,  or of representing the   claimant in the pursuit of any civil remedy for  the  recovery  thereof.   But this subdivision does not apply to:a. an agreement between attorneys and counselors, or either, to divide   between themselves the compensation to be received;b.  a  lawyer representing an indigent or pro bono client paying court   costs and expenses of litigation on behalf of the client;c. a lawyer advancing court costs  and  expenses  of  litigation,  the   repayment of which may be contingent on the outcome of the matter; ord.  a  lawyer,  in  an action in which an attorney's fee is payable in   whole or in part as a percentage of the recovery in the  action,  paying   on  the  lawyer's own account court costs and expenses of litigation. In   such case, the fee paid to the attorney from the proceeds of the  action   may include an amount equal to such costs and expenses incurred.3. A lawyer that offers services as described in paragraphs b, c and d   of subdivision two of this section shall not, either directly or through   any  media  used  to  advertise  or  otherwise  publicize  the  lawyer's   services, promise or advertise his or her  ability  to  advance  or  pay   costs  and  expenses  of  litigation in such manner as to state or imply   that such ability is unique or extraordinary when such is not the case.4. An attorney or  counselor  who  violates  the  provisions  of  this   section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Jud L § 490 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 490 - Limitation.

§ 490. Limitation. Sections four hundred eighty-eight and four hundred   eighty-nine  of  this  chapter  do  not  prohibit the receipt of a bond,   promissory note, bill of exchange, book debt, or other thing in  action,   in  payment for property sold, or for services actually rendered, or for   a debt antecedently contracted; or from buying or receiving  a  bill  of   exchange, draft, or other thing in action for the purpose of remittance.
NY Jud L § 491 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 491 - Sharing of Compensation by Attorneys Prohibited.

§ 491. Sharing of compensation by attorneys prohibited. 1. It shall be   unlawful  for  any  person,  partnership, corporation, or association to   divide with or receive from, or to agree to divide with or receive from,   any attorney-at-law or group of attorneys-at-law, whether practicing  in   this  state  or  elsewhere,  either  before or after action brought, any   portion of  any  fee  or  compensation,  charged  or  received  by  such   attorney-at-law   or   any  valuable  consideration  or  reward,  as  an   inducement for placing, or in consideration of  having  placed,  in  the   hands  of  such  attorney-at-law,  or  in the hands of another person, a   claim or demand of any kind for the purpose of collecting such claim, or   bringing an action thereon, or of representing claimant in  the  pursuit   of  any civil remedy for the recovery thereof. But this section does not   apply to an agreement between attorneys and counsellors-at-law to divide   between themselves the compensation to be received.2. Any person violating any of  the  provisions  of  this  section  is   guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Jud L § 492 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 492 - Use of Attorney's Name by Another.

§  492.  Use  of  attorney's name by another. If an attorney knowingly   permits any person, not being his general law partner or a clerk in  his   office,  to  sue out any process or to prosecute or defend any action in   his name, except as authorized by this section, such attorney, and every   person who shall so use his name, is guilty of a misdemeanor.Whenever an action or proceeding is authorized by law to be prosecuted   or defended in the name of the people, or of any public  officer,  board   of  officers,  or municipal corporation, on behalf of another party, the   attorney-general, or district  attorney,  or  attorney  of  such  public   officer or board or corporation may permit any proceeding therein, to be   taken in his name by an attorney to be chosen by the party in interest.
NY Jud L § 493 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 493 - Attorneys Forbidden to Defend Criminal Prosecutions Carried on by Their Partners, or Formerly by Themselves.

§  493. Attorneys forbidden to defend criminal prosecutions carried on   by their partners, or formerly by themselves. An attorney, who  directly   or indirectly advises in relation to, or aids or promotes the defense of   any  action  or  proceeding  in  any  court, the prosecution of which is   carried on, aided or promoted by a person as district attorney or  other   public  prosecutor,  with  whom  such attorney is directly or indirectly   connected as a partner; or who, having  himself  prosecuted  or  in  any   manner  aided  or  promoted  any  action  of proceeding in any court, as   district attorney or other public  prosecutor,  afterwards  directly  or   indirectly  advises  in  relation  to, or takes any part in, the defense   thereof, as attorney or otherwise; or who takes or receives any valuable   consideration from or on behalf of any defendant  in  any  such  action,   upon any understanding or agreement whatever, express or implied, having   relation to the defense thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Jud L § 494 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 494 - Attorneys May Defend Themselves.

§  494.  Attorneys  may  defend  themselves. The last section does not   prohibit an attorney from defending himself in person, as attorney or as   counsel, when prosecuted either civilly or criminally.
NY Jud L § 496 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 496 - .

* §  496.  An  organization  described in subdivision seven of section   four hundred ninety-five of this article shall file with  the  appellate   division department in which its principal office is located a statement   describing  the nature and purposes of the organization, the composition   of its governing body, the type of legal services being made  available,   and  the  names  and  addresses  of  any attorneys and counselors-at-law   employed by the organization or with whom commitments have been made. An   updating  of  this  information  shall  be  furnished  the   appropriate   appellate  division  on  or before July first of each year and the names   and addresses of attorneys  and  counselors-at-law  who  rendered  legal   services during that year shall be included.* NB Enacted without section heading.
NY Jud L § 498 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 498 - Professional Referrals.

§  498.  Professional  referrals. 1. There shall be no cause of action   for damages arising against any association or society of attorneys  and   counsellors  at  law authorized to practice in the state of New York for   referring any person or persons to a member of the  profession  for  the   purpose  of  obtaining  legal  services, provided that such referral was   made without charge and as a  public  service  by  said  association  or   society,  and  without  malice,  and  in the reasonable belief that such   referral was warranted, based upon the facts disclosed.2. The communications between a  member  or  authorized  agent  of  an   association or society of attorneys or counselors at law and any person,   persons or entity communicating with such member or authorized agent for   the  purpose  of  seeking  or obtaining a professional referral shall be   deemed to be privileged on the same basis as the privilege  provided  by   law  for  communications between attorney and client. Such privilege may   be waived only by the  person,  persons  or  entity  who  has  furnished   information  to  the  association  or society, its members or authorized   agents.3. For the purposes  of  this  section,  "association  or  society  of   attorneys  or  counsellors  at  law"  shall  mean any such organization,   whether  incorporated  or  unincorporated,  which  offers   professional   referrals as an incidental service in the normal course of business, but   which business does not include the providing of legal services.
NY Jud L § 499 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15 - Attorneys and Counsellors 499 - Lawyer Assistance Committees.

§  499.  Lawyer  assistance  committees.  1.  Confidential information   privileged. The confidential  relations  and  communications  between  a   member or authorized agent of a lawyer assistance committee sponsored by   a  state  or  local  bar association and any person, firm or corporation   communicating with such committee,  its  members  or  authorized  agents   shall  be deemed to be privileged on the same basis as those provided by   law between attorney and client. Such privilege may be  waived  only  by   the  person,  firm or corporation which has furnished information to the   committee.2. Immunity from liability. Any person, firm or  corporation  in  good   faith providing information to, or in any other way participating in the   affairs of, any of the committees referred to in subdivision one of this   section shall be immune from civil liability that might otherwise result   by  reason  of such conduct. For the purpose of any proceeding, the good   faith of any such person, firm or corporation shall be presumed.
NY Jud L § 499-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15-A - State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct 499-A - Establishment of Commission.

§  499-a.  Establishment of commission. There is hereby created within   the executive department a state commission  of  prosecutorial  conduct.   The  commission  shall  have the authority to review and investigate the   conduct  of  prosecutors  upon  the  filing  of  a  complaint  with  the   commission  to examine whether a prosecutor or prosecutors has committed   conduct in the course of his or her official duties or  under  color  of   state law potentially violative of statutes, the legal rights of private   persons,  whether  statutory,  constitutional or otherwise; case law; or   court rules, including, but  not  limited  to  the  New  York  Rules  of   Professional  Conduct, 22 NYCRR 1200, or any subset thereof or successor   thereto, including but not limited to Rule 3.8 (Special Responsibilities   of Prosecutors and Other Government Lawyers).
NY Jud L § 499-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15-A - State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct 499-B - Definitions.

§  499-b.  Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following   terms have the following meanings:1. "Commission" means the state commission on prosecutorial conduct.2. "Prosecutor" means a district attorney or  any  assistant  district   attorney  of  any county of the state in an action to exact any criminal   penalty, fine, sanction or forfeiture.3. "Hearing" means a proceeding under subdivision four of section four   hundred ninety-nine-f of this article.4. "Member of the bar" means a person admitted to the practice of  law   in this state for at least five years.5. "Retired judge" shall mean a former judge or justice of the unified   court  system  who  was qualified as an attorney during such service and   served as such a judge or justice for at least five years.
NY Jud L § 499-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15-A - State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct 499-E - Panels; Referees.

§  499-e.  Panels; referees. 1. The commission may delegate any of its   functions, powers and duties to a panel of three of its members, one  of   whom  shall  be  a  member of the bar, except that no panel shall confer   immunity in accordance with section 50.20 of the criminal procedure law.   No panel shall be authorized to take any action pursuant to subdivisions   four through nine of section four hundred ninety-nine-f of this  article   or subdivision two of this section.2.  The  commission  may  designate  a  member of the bar who is not a   prosecutor or a member of the commission or its staff as  a  referee  to   hear  and  report to the commission in accordance with the provisions of   section four hundred ninety-nine-f of this article. Such  referee  shall   be  empowered  to  conduct  hearings,  administer oaths or affirmations,   subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, examine them under oath  or   affirmation  and require the production of any books, records, documents   or other evidence that the referee may deem relevant or material to  the   subject of the hearing.
NY Jud L § 499-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15-A - State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct 499-G - Confidentiality of Records.

§  499-g.  Confidentiality of records. Except as hereinafter provided,   all complaints, correspondence, commission proceedings  and  transcripts   thereof,  other  papers  and data and records of the commission shall be   confidential and shall not  be  made  available  to  any  person  except   pursuant  to  section  four  hundred  ninety-nine-f of this article. The   commission and its designated  staff  personnel  shall  have  access  to   confidential  material in the performance of their powers and duties. If   the prosecutor who is the subject of a complaint so requests in writing,   copies of the complaint, the transcripts of hearings by  the  commission   thereon,  if  any,  and  the  dispositive  action of the commission with   respect to the complaint, such copies with any reference to the identity   of any person who did not  participate  at  any  such  hearing  suitably   deleted  therefrom,  except the subject prosecutor or complainant, shall   be made available for inspection and copying to the public,  or  to  any   person, agency or body designated by such prosecutor.
NY Jud L § 499-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15-A - State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct 499-I - Resignation Not to Divest Commission and the Appellate Division of Jurisdiction.

§  499-i.  Resignation  not  to  divest  commission  and the appellate   division of jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of the appellate division and   the commission pursuant to this article shall  continue  notwithstanding   that  a  prosecutor  resigns  from  office after a recommendation by the   commission  that  the  prosecutor  be  removed  from  office  has   been   transmitted  to  the  governor, or in any case in which the commission's   recommendation that a prosecutor should be removed from office shall  be   transmitted to the governor within one hundred twenty days after receipt   by  the  chief  administrator  of  the courts of the resignation of such   prosecutor. Any determination by the governor that a prosecutor who  has   resigned  should  be  removed  from  office shall render such prosecutor   ineligible to hold any other prosecutorial office.
NY Jud L § 499-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 15-A - State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct 499-J - Effect.

§  499-j.  Effect.  The  powers,  duties,  and  functions of the state   commission on prosecutorial conduct shall not supersede the  powers  and   duties  of  the  governor  as  outlined  in  section thirteen of article   thirteen of the New York state constitution.
NY Jud L § 500 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 16 - Selection of Jurors 500 - Declaration of Policy.

§  500. Declaration of policy. It is the policy of this state that all   litigants in the courts of this state entitled to trial  by  jury  shall   have  the right to grand and petit juries selected at random from a fair   cross-section of the community  in  the  county  or  other  governmental   subdivision  wherein  the court convenes; and that all eligible citizens   shall have the opportunity to serve on grand and  petit  juries  in  the   courts  of  this  state,  and  shall  have  an  obligation to serve when   summoned for that purpose, unless excused.
NY Jud L § 501 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 16 - Selection of Jurors 501 - Application of Article.

§  501.  Application  of  article.  Except  as otherwise provided, the   provisions of this article shall apply to grand and petit jurors in  all   courts of the unified court system in which a jury may be drawn, whether   such courts are of record or not of record.
NY Jud L § 502 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 16 - Selection of Jurors 502 - Commissioner of Jurors.

§  502.  Commissioner  of  jurors.  (a)  The office of commissioner of jurors is hereby  established  for  each  county  in  the  state  except counties  within  cities  having a population of one million or more. In counties within such cities the county clerk shall exercise  the  duties and  have  the  powers  of  the commissioner of jurors. The commissioner shall perform such services for all of the courts within the county,  as may  be  prescribed  by  law  or rules of the appellate division for the department embracing the county.  (b) In those counties in which, on the effective date of this article, a commissioner of jurors is in office, the commissioner  shall  continue in office until the expiration of his term.  (c)  The commissioner shall be an officer of all courts located in the county in which he acts and shall have authority to administer oaths  or affirmations  as to any matter relating to his duties under this article or the rules of the  appropriate  appellate  division  adopted  pursuant thereto.  (d)  The  commissioner  shall  take any steps necessary to enforce the laws and  rules  relating  to  the  drawing,  selection,  summoning  and impanelling of jurors.  (e)  The  commissioner  may  designate  from  among the members of his staff, by a certificate filed in the office of the county clerk and  the office  of  the  commissioner,  one  or  more  deputies or assistants to perform any of his duties as required by law. Whenever reference is made to the commissioner in  this  article  or  the  rules  adopted  pursuant thereto,  such  reference  shall  be deemed to apply also to deputies or assistants duly designated by him, except where the contrary  intent  is plainly apparent from the context.