MATTER OF MARINO v. BURSTEIN


72 A.D.2d 814 (1979)

In the Matter of Vera G. Marino, Petitioner, v. Beatrice S. Burstein, as a Justice of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

November 26, 1979


Petition granted, determination annulled, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and fine ordered remitted.

There was no showing that petitioner acted for any reason other than to protect the record in the best interests of her client (see Matter of Rotwein [Goodman], 291 N.Y. 116). Furthermore, petitioner was never afforded an opportunity "to make a statement in [her] defense or in extenuation of [her] conduct", as is required under the rules of this...

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