Reports Involving JCOPE
- Odd Picks for Albany Ethics Committee, New York Daily News (Dec. 12, 2011)
- Ravi Batra Discusses JCOPE, Capital Tonight (Aug. 2, 2012) [With Video!]
- Ravi Batra Explains Hist JCOPE Resignation in 3,430 words, Capitol Confidential (Sept. 10, 2012)
- NY Ethics Board Member Who Quit Strikes at Board, Wall Street Journal (Sept. 8, 2012)
- Sen. Sampson is “of-counsel” with Ethics Appointee, Times Union (Dec. 19, 2011)
- Ravi Batra Recuses Himself from any JCOPE Work on Huntley, Capitol Confidential (Aug. 29, 2012)
Reports Involving Clarence Norman, Jr.
- FRIEND OF THE COURT: One Lawyer’s Inside Track; Cozying Up to Judges, and Reaping Opportunity, New York Times (Nov. 11, 2003)
- Behind a Troubled Bench, an Arcane Way of Picking Judges, New York Times (June 30, 2003)
- Brooklyn Bribe-Probe Target Eyed to Lead West Chester Dems, New York Post (May 16, 2004).
- Hey, get yer judgeships, DA: no shock if seats are for sale, New York Daily News (June 19, 2003)
- Here’s Who “Elects” Brooklyn Judges, New York Daily News (Apr. 21. 2003)
Reports Involving Fiduciary Appointments & Disciplined Judges
- 2 Brooklyn Lawyers, Ex-Insiders, Outline a Court Patronage System, New York Times (Jan. 5, 2000)
- State to Ask for Removal of a Cemetery’s Overseer, New York Times (Feb. 4, 2000)
- Troubled Cemetery Gets New Overseer, New York Daily News (Mar. 7, 2000)
- Lawyer Ousted as receiver is Opposed for Cemetery Post, New York Times (May 2, 2000)
- Report of the Commission on Fidudiary Appointments (Dec. 2001)
- No More Milking Courts’ Cash Cows, New York Daily News (Dec. 6, 2002)
- A Rising Start’s Role in Brooklyn Dem Party, New York Daily News (June 19, 2003)
- Judges Say Democratic Official Issued List of Favored Lawyers, New York Times (Dec. 16, 2003)
- State of New York Commission on Judicial Conduct, In the Matter of Lebedeff (Mar. 18, 2005)
- Judge Hit on Ethical Missteps a Second Time, New York Daily News (Apr. 8, 2005) [Involves NY State Judge Lebedeff failure to disclose or recuse after presiding over her close friend’s Ravi Batra’s $80 million personal injury action]
- State of New York Commission on Judicial Conduct, In the Matter of Huttner (July 5, 2005)
- A Brooklyn Judge, Censured, is Retiring, New York Times (July 27, 2005)