Professional Organizations


  • NEW YORK CITY BAR
    Chair, Committee on Professional Responsibility (2002 - 2005)
    Committee on Professional Responsibility (1999 - 2002; 2008 - 2010)
    Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics (1993 - 1997; 2005 - 2008; 2010- 2013)
    Committee on Criminal Advocacy (1989 - 1992)

  • NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
    Chair, Committee on Professional Discipline (2016 - Present)
    Committee on Professional Discipline (1989 - 1992; 1997 - Present)
    Committee on Attorney Professionalism (2000 - 2002)
    • Task Force on Lawyer Advertising
      Appointment to Ad Hoc Committee to Study Lawyer Advertising (2005 - 2006)

  • NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
    Co-Chair, Committee on Professional Ethics (2012 - 2016)
    Committee on Professional Ethics (2004 - 2008, 2016)
    Board of Advisors, Ethics Institute (2013 - 2016)

  • NEW YORK STATE TRIAL LAWYERS
    Co-Chair and Founding Member of the Ethics Committee (2007 - 2009)

  • QUEENS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
    Committee on Professional Ethics (1988 - 1990)

  • NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF DISCIPLINARY LAWYERS
    President (May 1998 - 2000)
    Vice President (1995 - 1998)
    Treasurer (1987 - 1993)

  • NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT
    Referee (2002 - 2008)

  • BRIARCLIFF MANOR ETHICS BOARD
    Chair (2004 - 2008)