New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter IV - Supreme Court › Subchapter B - Second Judicial Department › Article 1 - Appellate Division › Subarticle B - Special Rules › Part 691 - Conduct Of Attorneys › Section 691.4 - Appointment of grievance committees

Current through Register Vol. 46,
						  No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) This court shall appoint three grievance
						  committees for the Second Judicial Department. One of these grievance
						  committees shall be charged with the duty and power to investigate and
						  prosecute matters arising in or concerning attorneys practicing, or currently
						  residing or having resided in the second, eleventh, and thirteenth judicial
						  districts at the time of their admission to practice by the Appellate Division;
						  another shall have the duty and power to investigate and prosecute matters
						  arising in or concerning attorneys practicing, or currently residing or having
						  resided in the ninth judicial district at the time of their admission to
						  practice by the Appellate Division; and the third shall have the duty and power
						  to investigate and prosecute matters arising in or concerning attorneys
						  practicing, or currently residing or having resided in the tenth judicial
						  district at the time of their admission to practice by the Appellate Division.
						  These committees shall also have the power and duty to investigate and
						  prosecute matters concerning attorneys to whom the Rules for Attorney
						  Disciplinary Matters (Part 1240 of this Title) applies pursuant to section
						  1240.1 of this Title.
(b)
(1)
						  Each grievance committee shall consist of 20 members and a chair, all of whom
						  shall be appointed by this court and no more than 17 of whom shall be
						  attorneys. The chair shall have the power to appoint an acting chairman from
						  among the members of the grievance committee. Appointments may be made from
						  lists of prospective members submitted by the following county bar associations
						  within the second judicial department: Brooklyn Bar Association, Dutchess
						  County Bar Association, Bar Association of Nassau County, New York, Inc.,
						  Orange County Bar Association, Putnam County Bar Association, Queens County Bar
						  Association, Richmond County Bar Association, Rockland County Bar Association,
						  Inc., Suffolk County Bar Association and Westchester County Bar Association.
						  This court shall, in consultation with the committees, appoint a chief counsel
						  to each such grievance committee and such assistant counsel and supporting
						  staff as it deems necessary.
(2)
						  Five persons shall be appointed to each such committee for a term of one year,
						  five persons for a term of two years, five persons for a term of three years
						  and five persons for a term of three years. Thereafter, yearly appointments of
						  five persons shall be made to each such committee for a term of three years. No
						  person who has served two consecutive terms shall be eligible for reappointment
						  until the passage of one year from the expiration of that person's second such
						  term. The person appointed chair shall serve as chair for a term of three years
						  and shall be eligible for reappointment as chair for not more than one
						  additional term of three years.