Comments on a proposal to change lawyer discipline procedures reflect continuing disagreement over the point at which investigations of attorney misconduct should be made public.
The Commission on Statewide Attorney Discipline (COSAD), appointed by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, recommended that grievance committees in each of the four Appellate Division departments be allowed to unseal ongoing disciplinary proceedings if they can show an attorney’s conduct places clients at significant risk or represents an “immediate threat to the public interest” (NYLJ, Sept. 28).
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