The Commission on Judicial Conduct Thursday called for the removal of Albany County Surrogate Cathryn Doyle (See Profile), alleging she improperly presided over several matters involving her personal attorney, an attorney who served as her campaign manager and a lawyer who represented her in a prior disciplinary action.
In a split determination, the commission said Doyle, who was previously censured in an unrelated matter, should have known from her prior brush with the panel that she needed to be “especially sensitive to her ethical obligations, including her duty to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.”
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