The sponsoring organizations listed below invite all individual Members of the Bar of State of New York to sign the following statement concerning the importance of the Rule of Law:
We are New York lawyers with different political allegiances and views, different backgrounds, and different professional paths. Like those who built this country, we believe in the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And like this country’s founders, we hope to guard against what the Declaration of Independence called “an absolute tyranny over these states.” That tyranny, our Declaration of Independence recognized, arrives when leaders refuse to “assent to laws.” Loyalty to the law is “necessary for the public good,” and necessary to democracy. Our deep commitment to this nation’s Constitution and laws, and to democracy, brings us together to state publicly what has so often been taken for granted but what must now be said again aloud:
No one should threaten judges with impeachment, let alone violence, simply because they disagree with a judge’s decision in a case.
The government, no less than any other party to a case, must follow court orders. Our Constitutional system of government and the orderly functioning of our democracy depend on it.
Lawyers have the right to choose whom they will represent without fear of retaliation from the government.
People arrested or detained by the government have the right to due process and to consult with counsel.
People in this country have freedom of speech and freedom of association, and the government cannot punish anyone for lawfully exercising those freedoms.
Over our country’s long history, many have sacrificed to preserve these basic rights: service members, poll workers, judges, elected and appointed officials, educators, and ordinary citizens. We honor them. And we recognize that we, as lawyers, have a special duty to safeguard the law. To that end, we stand shoulder-to-shoulder, lawyers in the State of New York, to proclaim again these Constitutional guarantees.
Sponsoring Organizations:
New York Council of Defense Lawyers
New York County Lawyers Association
New York City Bar Association
American College of Trial Lawyers -- Downstate NY Committee
Lawyers for the Rule of Law
New York Criminal Bar Association
New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Chief Defenders Association of New York
LIST OF INDIVIDUAL SIGNATORIES:
As of July 2, 2025 -- 676 signatures
Abernethy, Jonathan
Abraham, Susan
Abramowitz, Elkan
Abramson, Alan
Acevedo, Roland
Adam Minsky
Ader, Jerry
Albert, Richard
Alger, Ashley
Allton-Maher, Deborah
Almonrode, Patrick
Alperstein, Robin
Apicella, Jolie
Aranda, Sofia
Arandia, Olga
Archias, Catherine
Aronstam, David
Arshack, Daniel
Ascher, Martin
Ash, Danielle
Asha Smith
Atlas, Seth
Austin, Wanyong Lai
Bachrach, Marion
Baker Leana
Baker, James A.
Banks, Steven
Barasch, Elizabeth
Barbara Berger Opotowsky
Barenholtz, Aul
Barenholtz, Celia
Barist, Jeffrey
Barrett, David
Barta, Peter
Bartholomew, Claire
Baruch, Renee
Bascoe, Duwaine
Bates, Jeremy
Bave,William
Beattie, Nina
Bell, Jonathan
Berg, David
Bergman, Paul
Berkowitz, Amy
Berman, Jillian
Berman, Marjorie
Bernstein, Roger
Bernstein, Stephen
Berry, Kevin
Biale, Noam
Birnbaum, Julian
Black, Jim
Blumberg, Lawrence
Bock, Jane
Bock, Jane
Brad E. Mazarin
Brandes, Joel
Braun, Jeffrey
Brennan, John P.
Bress, Frank
Brill, Peter E.
Brodsky, David M.
Brotherton, Zela
Brown-DiBlasi, Jennifer
Buchdahl, Jacob
Budow, Scott
Cahill, Lisa
Calhoun, John
Calluori, Joseph
Calvello ,Susan
Caraway, Delton
Caraway, Delton
Cardi, Dawn
Carey, Meaghan
Carlisle Jay C., II
Carney Johnson, Cynthia
Cash, Steven
Catania, Julia
Chaim Steinberger
Charne, Allen
Checkman, Neil
Cheney, Clayton
Christopher, Kenneth
Cisse-Green, Anta
Clark, Anne
Cline, Thomas
Coburn, Barry
Cohen, David
Cohen, David
Cohen, Lori
colish faith
Colson, Deborah
Cominsky, Anna
Cominsky,sidney
Conners, Stephanie
Cook, Victoria
Correia, Andrew
Crespo, Louis
D'Angelo, Nancy
da Parma, Chessie
Dabbs, Jenna
Damplo, Susan
Dapolito, Mollie
Davis, Evan
Davis, Frederick
Davis, Lisa E.
Davis, Robert
Davis, Robert
Davison, Sharon M
de Ben, Cynthia
de Castro, Cesar
De Leeuw, Marc
Decoppet, Louise
Degnan Clare
Degnan Clare
deLone, Madeline
DeLuca, Ken
DeMatteo, Jose[h
DePetris, Ronald
Devlin, Peter
Diller, Rebekah
Dippold, Karen
Doherty Marian
Doherty Marian
Dorman, Mary
Dowd, Michael
Dowden, Karl
duBoulay, Donald
Dunlap, Bryan
Durkin, Thomas
Dwyer, Mark
Dykhouse, David
E. Danya Perry
Eaves, Hannah
EDDY, THOMAS
Edmond Papantonio
Eibel, Andrew
Elliott, Mark
Elsner, Timmie
Elsner, Timmie
Eng, Gordon
Epstein, Alexis
Epstein, Melvin
Eric L Henry
Erlanger, Robert
Everdell, Christian
Fahey, Michael
Farrell, Gary
Farrelly, Catherine
Fasulo, louis
Feigenbaum, Steven
Feldberg, Michael
Feldman, Warren
Fenrich, Jeanmarie
Ferguson, Christopher
Ferguson, Edward
Ferguson,Michael
Ferrara, Michael
Feuer, Albert
Fidel, Gary
Field, Arthur
Fink, Robert
Finkel. Richard A.
Finkelstein, Marc
Fishbein, Matthew
Fleming, Francis
Flumenbaum, Martin
Fontier, Alice
Foscarinis, Maria
Foti, Catherine
Foy, Jason
Frazier, Donald
Freedman, Eric M.
Freedman, Helen
Freedmnan, Henry
Freeman. Michael
Frey, Mary
Fried, John
Friedman, Eugene
Friedman, Gabrielle
Friedman, Kimberly
Frumento, Aegis J.
Frumkin, William
Gadsden, James
Gaetani
Galvin, Harriett
Ganley, Sarah H.
Ganley, Sarah H.
Garrard Beeney
Gavalis, Albert - NY Reg # 4062154
Geballe, Jonathan
Gerald Lefcourt
Gerber, Robert
Gertz, Elizabeth
gervais, David
Gikow, David
Ginsberg, George
Ginsberg, Lee
Glasser, James
Glickman, Leo
Glusband, Steven
Godsoe, Cynthia
Goidell, Mark
Gold, Steven
Goldberg, jane
Goldberg, Lee
Goldberger, Helene
Goldfeder, Jerry
Goldsmith Any
Golick, Toby
Gordon, Harold
Gorenberg, Hayley
Graham, Philip
Granger, Raymond
Grayson, Richard
Gredd, Helen
Greenberg, Richard A.
Greer, Samantha
Grossman, Theodore’s
Grover, Douglas
Guarascio, Maria
Gundlach, Jennifer
Gunther, Kevin
Gunther, Robert
Gunther, Robert
Gutman, Henry
Gutman, Jeremy
Hadley Weiss
Hafetz Frederick
Hager, Eric
Hahn, Arlene
Haramati, Ilana
Harms, David
Harris, John B.
Hayes, Lisa D.
Healy, James
Hecker, Sean
Helen Gredd
Hellerer, Mark
Henderson, Kenneth
Henley, Evan
Herrmann, Leora
Hespos, Lauren
Heyl, Dorothy
Hibbard, Stephen
Himes, Scott
Hinkle, Ramsey
Hirsch, Andrea
Hochberg, Louise
Holcomb, Nathan
Holtzman, Alexander
Horani, Jessica
Horn, Michael
Horn, Michael
Horton, Scott
Housos, Katerina
Hunter, Fraser
Hupert, daniel
Ignatoff, Mitchell E.
Jacobs, Susan
JAFFE
Jaffe, Barbara
James Meadows
James, Dani
Jansen, Richard
Jaroslaw, Ilene
Jean-Pierre, Alexandria
Jeffrey Schanback
Johnson, Elizabeth
Jones, Amanda
Joshua, Jonathan
Jossen, Robert
Joyce, Patrick
Juceam, Robert
Julia Gatto
Kahn, Michele
karabell, David
Karamitsos, Alexandra
Kasperek, Lawrence
Kass, Stephen
Kate Aufses
Katz, Anne
Katz, Peter
Kaufman, David H.
Kaushik, Aaditya
Keefe, Reed
Keen, Shirin
Kellner
Kelly, Lynn
kelly, shawn
Keneally, Kathryn
Kettles, Kathleen
Kindler, Shira
Kirshner, Isabelle
Klatsky, James
Klugman, Scott
Knowles, Jonathan
Kobak, James B. Jr.
Kobus, Raymond
Koch, Adrienne B.
Korenbaum Laurie
Kraft, Ruth
Krantz, Larry
Krigstein, Kenneth
Kris Franklin
Kubitschek, Carolyn
Kuhn, Amy
Kunstadt, Robert
Kurland, Thomas
Kurzman, Jayne M.
Landis, Marc
Lang, Mary
Lansner, David
Larkin, Arthur
Lau, Laurie
LaVerne, Darren
Lee, David S
Lee, Jae
Leeds, Brian
Lefkowitz, Jonathan
Lefton, Nicole
Leight, Jody
Lenihan, Joan
Lesk, Ann Berger
Levine, Alan
Levine, Matthew
Levites, Sasha
Levitt, Rebecka
Levy Robert
Levy, Bonnir
Levy, Bonnir
Lewis, Alan
Lewis, David
Liebmann, Theo
Lindauer, Erik
Ling, Michael
Lipsman, Angela
Lissett Ferreira
Litvack, Sandy
Litwak, Danielle
Lo Piccolo, Joseph
Loffredo, Stephen
Lopez, Oscar
LOPREST, Frank James
Loveland, Justin
Loving Raymond
Lowenfels, Fred
Lowenkron, Ruth
LUBOW, GREG D.
Lucey, James
Luongo, Justine
Lyman, Miriam
Lynn Neugebauer
Lyras, Alexandra
Mage, John
Maguire, Samantha
Maldonado, Roger
Malone, Dianne E.
Maltz, Richard M.
Manley, Kathy
Mann, Christopher
Mann, Pamela
Mann, Roanne
Margulis—Ohnuma, Zachary
Maria Hamadama
Mark A. Merriman
Martin, Lori
Martone, Patricia
Masliah, Noemi
Mastorgi, Barbara
Matuschak, Mark
Maulsby, Tyler
Mayberry, John
Maynard, Douglass
Maynard, Kimberly
Mazur, Matthew
McCarthy, Noreen
McCarthy, Sharon
McClary, Christopher
McElroy, Kevin
mcgrath, diahn
McGregor Smyth
McKernan, Kevin
McRay
Mechanick, Chase
Medellin, Nicholas
Meenan, Colleen
Megan L Brackney
Mehdi Essmidi
Meiklejohn, D. Stuart
Menon, Jaykumar
Metzler, Jeffrey
MEYER CARLIN
Meyerson, James
Michael Baker
Michael Murphy
MIchaelson, Peter
Michelle Parker
milin
Militello, Samuel
Miller, Michael
Miller, Sam
miller, steven
Minkoff, Ronald
Mitchell, Jacob
Molestina, Antonio
Molestina, Antonio
Monteleone, Frank J.
Montgomery, Kenneth
Morgan CK
Morrison, Laurie
Moskowitz, Avraham
moskowitz, karla
Muoio, Tara
Murphy, Brian
Murphy, Paul
Murray, Declan
Mysliwiec, Aaron
Mysliwiec, Aaron
Nathanson,Malvina
Neufeld, Russell
Neuhaus, Joseph
Neuman, James
Neumann, Richard K. Jr.
Nevard, Angela
Newman, Stephen
Newman, Thomas
Nieves, Andrea
Nina Beatttie
Nobles, Russell Ann
Nobles, Russell Ann
Nolan, Kevin J.
Nori, Sateesh
Northrop, Patricia
Nowotarski, Leah
O'Brie, James
O'Connor, Marissa F.
O’Connor, Patrick
Oberman, Jonathan
Oehlke, Krista
Ohliger, Lee
Olivia Sohmer
Ostrow, Ashira
Paperno, Jill
Park, Tai
Parker, Diana
Parks, Kari
Passeser, Daniel
Patel, Andrew
Patiño, Karine
Patton, David
Patton, Kate
Paul Petrus
Paul, Whitney
Paulson, Joshua
Pavlis, Alfred
Penny, Margaret
Pfeiffer Margaret
Phillips, C. William
Pileggi, Patricia
Pine, Mishael
Pioch, Christopher
Pochtar, Victoria
Pollack, Adam Paul
Pollack, Jonathan
Pomerantz Mark
Popejoy, TL
Popkin, Arlene R.
PORTER, SUSAN
Protass, Harlan
Pryor Barbara
Pryor, Jonathan
Purcell, Jr., Edward A.
Putzel, Henry III
Quijano, Peter
Quinn, James
Quinn, Yvonne
Quononez, Judith Garcia
Rabb, Bruce
Rabinowitz, Danieo L.
Radick, Robert
Rank, Bradley
Raskin, Debra
Rauchberg, Ronald
Raymond, Margaret
Read, Marshall
Redlich, Catherine
Regina K Chessari
Reimer, Norman L.
Ricci, Donna Renee
Richardson, Atasia
Richman Carol
Richter, Brad
Riopelle, Roland
Rivera, Liaa
Rivera, Lourdes
Rivkin, David W
Robins, Anne
Roger Stavis
Rosenstock, Joan
Rosenthal, Alan
Rosenthal, Edward
Rosenthal, Joy
Ross, Alan
Roth,James
Rothstein, Alan
Rothstein, Amy
Rubenstein, Kathleen
Rule, Caroline
Rumbold, Nina
Ruth Blosenhauer
Ruth M Liebesman
Ryan, Anne
RYAN. GREGORY
Rzesniowiecki, Linda
Saez Aguirre, Walsy
Sahli, Emilee
Sahli, Emilee
Saltzman, Lisa
Saltzman, Lisa
Salzman, Leslie
Sanchez, Karla
Sandler, Hugh
Santillo, Kristen
Sapone, Edward
Sarafa, Melinda
Sarah Reid
Sarro, Paula
Schacter, Kenneth
Schatz, Philip R.
Schechter, Marvin E.
Schindler, Alex
Schneider, Jean
Schoenbrod, David
Schopp, David
Schreibersdorf, Lisa
Scolari, Lisa
Scroppo, Joe
Scudieri Jr., Terrence
Sears, Eric
Sears, eric
Seligman, Terri
Serpe, Silvia
Sesser, Gary
Shane, Penny
Shapiro, Michael
Shapiro, Steven
sheehan david
Shellow, Jill
Shiffrin, Brian
Shirley, Joshua
Shotton, Eleanor
Shulevitz, Deborah
Shulman, Mark
Sidd, Susan
Siegel, Jesse
Siffert, John
Sigmond, Carol
Sikorski, Robert
Sikowitz, Marcia
Silkenat, James
Silver, Khadijah
Silver, Lee
Silverman, Benjamin
Simeone, Frank
Simeone, Frank
Simmons, Rebecca
Skarlatos, Bryan
Skarlatos, Bryan
Slade, Robbin
Smith, Abbe
Smith, Brian
Smith, Robert S.
Sohmer, Olivia
Solomon, Samuel
Sonberg, Michael
Sorkin, Ira Lee
Spada, Charles
Spiegler, Howard
Spiegler, Howard
Spike, Michele Kahn
Spiro, Edward
Spivack, Richard
Sporn Michael
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Steel, Karen
Steigman, Jerrold
Stein, David A.
Stein, Joel
Steinberg, Howard
Steinberger, Chaim
Stephen
Stern, Richard
Sternberg, Steve
Steven Brounstein
Stillman, Charles
Strashnick, Jenn
Strassberg, Richard
Sullivan, Howard
Suthammanont, Victor
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Swanson, Richard
Sweet, Kim
Swomley, Joanna
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Tansey, Sarah
Tanya Leach
Taylor, Ben
Temkin, Jeremy
Tendy, Sheila
Terry Connors
Tesser, Lewis
Tesser, Randall
Theodorou, Eliana
Thomas, Ann F.
Tien, Eric
Tipograph, Susan
Tock, Joseph
Tracy, Brendan
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Tremonte, Michael
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Tulman, Scott
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Utevsky, Michael
van Dalen, Marinda
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Viles, Thomas
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Vogelman,Donald
von Dornum, Deirdre
Vultaggio, Richard
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Wagner, David
Waldman, Jane
Wallenstein, John S.
Walsh, Janet
Walsh, Susan
Walshe, Sara
Wank, Linda
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Ward, S. Jean
Warshawsky, Daniel
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Weiner, Bennett I.
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Weitz, Yael
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Woods, J. Justin
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Xu, Yifei
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Zammit, Joseph
Zellan, Andrea
Ziegler, Henry S
Zimmerman, Robert W.
Zuckerman, Seth
Zweifach, Lawrence J.
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