Legal Opinion
Lazarus v. Steingut
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 17, 1985PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward J. Greenfield, J.
Does the Workers’ Compensation Board have the power, by administrative regulation, to restrict attorneys employed by it from the private practice of law?
Petitioners, employed as attorneys by the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB), in this CPLR article 78 proceeding, challenge the WCB Chairman’s right to restrict or prohibit employees from engaging in private law practice.
Petitioners allege that they have engaged in the private practice of law during their off-duty hours for many years. In January 1984, the petitioners formed a partnership and…
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