Lawyer Discipline

 

Complaints of misconduct against attorneys should be made to the attorney grievance committee for the county where the lawyer practices. The addresses and phone numbers of those offices are listed below.

FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
  
For Manhattan & the Bronx:
Attorney Grievance Committee
61 Broadway, 2nd Fl.
New York, NY 10006
212-401-0800

SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

For Brooklyn, Queens & Staten Island:
Grievance Committee, 2nd & 11th Districts
Renaissance Plaza
335 Adams Street, Suite 2400
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-923-6300
 
For Nassau & Suffolk Counties:
Grievance Committee, 10th District
150 Motor Parkway, Suite 102
Hauppauge, NY 11788
631-231-3775
 
For Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam & Dutchess Counties
:
Grievance Committee, 9th District
399 Knollwood Road, Suite 200
White Plains, NY 10603
914-824-5070

THIRD JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

For Albany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Madison, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren & Washington Counties:
Attorney Grievance Committee
286 Washington Avenue Extension, Suite 200
Albany, NY 12203
518-285-8350

FOURTH JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

For Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Onondaga & Oswego Counties:
Attorney Grievance Committee, 5th District
224 Harrison Street, Suite 408
Syracuse, NY 13202-3066
315-471-1835

For Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates Counties:
Attorney Grievance Committee, 7th District
50 East Avenue, Suite 404
Rochester, NY 14604-2206
585-530-3191

For Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans & Wyoming Counties:
Attorney Grievance Committee, 8th District
438 Main Street, Room 800
Buffalo, NY 14202-3212
716-845-3630