New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter IV - Supreme Court › Subchapter C - Third Judicial Department › Article 1 - Appellate Division › Subarticle D - Orders › Part 840 - Orders › Section 840.2 - Notification of institution of disciplinary proceedings; to whom given

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10,
						  2024
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of
							 section
							 90, subdivision
							 10, of the
							 Judiciary Law of the State of New York, the institution of disciplinary
							 proceedings against an attorney are to be deemed confidential; and
WHEREAS, a clerk of an Appellate
							 Division of the Supreme Court, or the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, may be
							 called upon to issue a certificate of good standing to an attorney against whom
							 disciplinary proceedings may have been instituted in another Appellate
							 Division; and
WHEREAS, a clerk of an Appellate
							 Division of the Supreme Court, or the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, may desire
							 to affix a legend or notation to such certificate of good standing to be issued
							 to an attorney against whom disciplinary proceedings may have been instituted
							 in another Appellate Division to the effect that such proceedings are pending
							 in such other Appellate Division; it is
ORDERED that, solely for the purpose
							 of enabling a Clerk of an Appellate Division of the Supreme Court or the Clerk
							 of the Court of Appeals to make such notation or affix such legend to a
							 certificate of good standing, the Clerk of this Court is authorized to furnish
							 to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals and the Clerks of the Appellate Divisions
							 of the First, Second and Fourth Departments, a certified copy of each order
							 entered by this Court directing a hearing on, or a reference to hear and report
							 with respect to, charges of unprofessional conduct against an attorney
							 contained in a petition filed with the Clerk of this Court by a Bar Association
							 or other authorized person, body or agency.
DATED AND ENTERED: October 26,
							 1966
AMENDMENT
WHEREAS, this court by order entered
							 October 26, 1966, authorized the clerk of this court to transmit to the clerk
							 of the Court of Appeals and to the clerks of the Appellate Divisions of the
							 First, Second and Fourth Departments a certified copy of each order entered by
							 this court directing a hearing on, or a reference to hear and report with
							 respect to, charges of unprofessional conduct against an attorney contained in
							 a petition filed with the clerk of this court by a Bar Association, or other
							 authorized person, body or agency; and
WHEREAS, said order was entered
							 because it had been assumed that a clerk of such other courts might issue a
							 certificate of good standing of a member of the bar who had been admitted in
							 another Department; and
WHEREAS, it appears that only the
							 clerk of the Appellate Division of the Department in which an attorney has been
							 admitted to practice will issue a certificate of his good standing; it
							 is
ORDERED that the order of this court
							 dated October 26, 1966, be amended so as to provide for transmittal solely to
							 the clerk of the Appellate Division in which the attorney was admitted of a
							 certified copy of an order of this court directing such a hearing or
							 reference.
DATED AND ENTERED: October 23,
							 1973