MATTER OF MARON v. SILVER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Cohn, P.C., Carle Place ( Steven Cohn , Richard Lieb and Paula Schwartz Frome of counsel), for appellants in the first above-entitled proceeding and action.

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP, New York City ( Richard H. Dolan , David J. Katz and Erik S. Groothuis of counsel), for respondents in the first above-entitled proceeding and action.

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP, New York City ( Richard H. Dolan , David J. Katz and Erik S. Groothuis of counsel), for respondent and appellants-respondents in the second above-entitled action.

Cohen & Gressler LLP, New York City ( Thomas E. Bezanson , Alexandra Wald and Matthew V. Povolny of counsel), and Chadbourne & Parke LLP ( George Bundy Smith and J. Carson Pulley of counsel), for respondents-appellants in the second above-entitled action.

Suhana S. Han , New York City, Adam R. Brebner and Matthew A. Parham for New York County Lawyers' Association, amicus curiae in the second above-entitled action.

Briscoe R. Smith , Larchmont, and Martin S. Kaufman for Atlantic Legal Foundation and another, amici curiae in the second above-entitled action.

Dorsey & Whitney LLP, New York City ( Zachary W. Carter of counsel), and Eric B. Epstein for Zachary W. Carter, amicus curiae in the second above-entitled action.

Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York City ( Vincent T. Chang of counsel), for Asian American Bar Association of New York and others, amici curiae in the second above-entitled action.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City ( Bernard W. Nussbaum , George T. Conway III , Graham W. Meli and Kevin S. Schwartz of counsel), and Michael Colodner for appellants-respondents in the third above-entitled action.

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP, New York City ( Richard H. Dolan , David J. Katz and Erik S. Groothuis of counsel), for respondents-appellants in the third above-entitled action.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York City ( Joseph L. Forstadt , Ernst H. Rosenberger , Burton N. Lipshie , Jerry H. Goldfeder , Sandra J. Rampersaud and Linda M. Melendres of counsel), for Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and others, amici curiae in the first above-entitled proceeding and action and the second and third above-entitled actions.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York City ( Caitlin J. Halligan , Gregory Silbert and David Yolkut of counsel), for Fund for Modern Courts, amicus curiae in the third above-entitled action.

Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ and JONES concur with Judge PIGOTT; Judge SMITH dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion; Chief Judge LIPPMAN taking no part.