A recent vacancy on New York’s judicial watchdog has been filled by Stefano Cambareri, a senior partner at Cambareri & Brenneck in Syracuse, the agency announced on Friday.

The central New York criminal defense lawyer was appointed to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct by state Assembly Minority Leader William A. Barclay, R-Pulaski, a lawmaker who doubles as an attorney from nearby Oswego County.