Chair
Hon. Barry A. Cozier
Senior Counsel, LeClair Ryan, former Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Vice Chair
Prof. W. Bradley Wendel
Cornell University Law School
Commission Members
Harvey B. Besunder, Esq.
Partner, Bracken Margolin Besunder LLP
Hon. James M. Catterson
Special Counsel, Kaye Scholer LLP, former Associate Justice, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department
Ronald M. Cerrachio, Esq.
Chief Clerk, Richmond County Surrogate’s Court and Member, Grievance Committee, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial Department,
Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts
Hon. Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick
Of Counsel and Co-Chair, National Appellate Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Chair of Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary and former Senior Associate Judge, New York State Court of Appeals
Lance D. Clarke, Esq.
Managing Attorney, Cooke & Clarke and former President, Nassau County Bar Association
Hon. Jeffrey A. Cohen
Associate Justice, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial Department
John P. Connors, Jr., Esq.
Partner, Connors & Connors, P.C. and Chairman, Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts
Rita DiMartino, M.P.A., B.A., A.A.
Former Vice President of Congressional Relations for AT&T, Member, CUNY Board of Trustees and Member, Grievance Committee, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department
Vincent E. Doyle III, Esq.
Connors & Vilardo LLP and former president, New York State Bar Association
Monica A. Duffy, Esq.
Chief Attorney, Committee on Professional Standards, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department
Donna M. England, Esq.
England & England and President, Suffolk County Bar Association
Charlotte Moses Fischman, Esq.
General Counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP and Special Counsel to the Policy Committee of the Departmental Disciplinary Committee, First Judicial Department
Emily F. Franchina, Esq.
Founding Partner, Franchina & Giordano, P.C.
Prof. Stephen Gillers
Elihu Root Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., Esq.
Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Nicholas A. Gravante, Jr., Esq.
Administrative Partner and General Counsel, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Robert P. Guido, Esq.
Executive Director for Attorney Matters, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial Department
Sarah Jo Hamilton, Esq.
Partner, Scalise, Hamilton & Sheridan LLP, former Special Trial Counsel and First Deputy Chief Counsel, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department
Samantha M. Holbrook, Esq.
Partner, Joyce & Holbrook Law Firm, and chair of the Appellate Division, Third Department, Committee on Professional Standards
Peter James Johnson, Jr., Esq.
President, Leahey & Johnson, P.C., and Chairman, Committee on Character and Fitness, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department
Frederick C. Johs, Esq.
Founding Partner, Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles LLP and Vice Chairman, Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District
Hon. E. Michael Kavanagh
Neutral, National Arbitration and Mediation (NAM) and former Associate Justice, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First and Third Judicial Departments
Devika Kewalramani, Esq.
Partner and General Counsel, Moses & Singer, and Chair of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Discipline
Glenn Lau-Kee, Esq.
Partner, Kee & Lau-Kee, and former president, New York State Bar Association
Hal R. Lieberman, Esq.
Partner, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, and co-author of “New York Attorney Discipline”
Hon. Stephen K. Lindley
Associate Justice, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department
Christopher D. Lindquist, Esq.
Principal Appellate Court Attorney, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department
Hon. Angela M. Mazzarelli
Associate Justice, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department
William T. McDonald, CPA, M.B.A.
Partner and Healthcare Department Head, EFP Rotenberg, and Member, Grievance Committee, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department, Seventh Judicial District
Sean Michael Morton, Esq.
Deputy Clerk of the Court, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department
Hon. Eugene L. Nardelli
Counsel, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, and former Associate Justice, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department
Jerold R. Ruderman, Esq.
Of Counsel, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, and Chairman, Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District
Hon. Fred T. Santucci
Former Associate Justice, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial Department, and Executive Director, Committee on Character and Fitness, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial Department
Hon. Peter B. Skelos
Partner at Forchello, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana, and former Associate Justice, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial Department
Sheldon K. Smith, Esq.
Partner, Nixon Peabody, Past President of the Minority Bar Association of Western New York and Member at Large of the Executive Committee to the New York State Bar Association
Eun Chong Thorsen, Esq.
Associate, Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP, and Vice President, Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York and Member, Committee on Character and Fitness, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial Department
Milton L. Williams, Jr., Esq.
Partner, Vladeck, Raskin & Clark
Akosua Garcia Yeboah
Senior Information Technology Project Manager, City of Albany, and Member, Committee on Professional Standards, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department, Third Judicial District
Mark C. Zauderer, Esq.
Partner, Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP