Public Committee on Attorney Conduct Issues Statement in Support of Christine C. Anderson’s Selection of New Trial Counsel

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(Free-Press-Release.com) October 9, 2009 -- New York, NY. Public Committee on Attorney Conduct (PCAC) has issued a statement
supporting Christine C. Anderson’s selection of substitute counsel to direct her litigation in federal court which seeks to expose the illegal and unethical conduct of New York State’s attorney-controlled grievance committees.

Ms. Anderson announced yesterday that she has retained a new legal team, including Jonathan Lovett, a noted Westchester Civil Rights attorney and Rory Bellantoni, a respected former New York State Supreme Court judge, who recently resigned after serving 25 years on the bench. U.S. District Court Judge Shira A Scheindlin confirmed on Thursday that jury selection for the Anderson case will begin on October 13, with the trial is slated to begin on Oc. 19 at the U.S. Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street in lower Manhattan.


PCAC President John T. Whitely stated that the organization firmly supports Christine Anderson’s continuing effort to expose the fraud and corruption, which she has found throughout the lawyer grievance committees operated by the New York State court system. Ms. Anderson was formerly staff counsel to the Departmental Disciplinary Committee, which operates in Manhattan. She was terminated by the DDC and has sued New York State and various officials for repeated violation of her Constitutional rights.

Mr. Whitley issued the following statement:

PCAC supports without reservation Christine C. Anderson’s dedicated efforts to hold New York State officials liable for conspiring to operate a corrupt attorney disciplinary process, which she and others have found to be managed and controlled strictly by money, favoritism and cronyism. Further, we applaud Ms. Anderson’s addition of Jonathan Lovett and Rory Bellantoni to her legal team. Both of these attorneys have established long and outstanding records in safeguarding personal rights and liberties of persons such as Ms. Anderson, who have been victims of official corruption and malfeasance.

Ms. Anderson’s litigation is part of an expanding court reform campaign as a growing list of persons and organizations including PCAC have recently attacked the corrupt attorney grievance system by filing statements before the New York Senate Judiciary Committee chaired by Senator John Sampson. These statements have detailed abuses by the grievance committees and officials, including concealment of evidence, obstruction of justice, sexual assault by attorneys, pilfering of estates by attorneys, abuse of power, fraud, conspiracy and repeated violations of Constitutional rights.

PCAC was established in 2007 by affiliated member organizations, including Litigation Recovery Trust (LRT), a New York based rights administration organization, and Integrity in the Courts, and Expose Corrupt Courts, two Internet blogs focused on judicial and attorney disciplinary processes and procedures. The objective of the PCAC is to replace the existing New York State Attorney Grievance Committee

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