Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of the Public Administrator
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 30, 2010Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Margarita López Torres, S.
In 2003, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct filed a disciplinary complaint against Michael Feinberg, the then-Surrogate for Kings County, concerning his conduct in awarding some $8,613,009.35 in legal fees to Louis R. Rosenthal, the then-counsel to the Public Administrator for Kings County, which resulted in a determination that Surrogate Feinberg be removed from office, a decision subsequently upheld by the Court of Appeals. (Matter of Feinberg, 5 NY3d 206 [2005].) Subsequent disciplinary proceedings arising from their conduct in this…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Oppenheimer v. WestcottNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- McMahon v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- People v. DominiqueNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Jericho Union Free School District No. 15 v. Board of AssessorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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