Complaints About Attorneys

Attorney/Client Disputes

If you have a complaint against an attorney, you may contact the Attorney Disciplinary / Grievance Committee. The office you need to contact depends upon the location of your lawyer's office. Please note that the New York State Unified Court System does not have jurisdiction to investigate complaints concerning representation by attorneys.

Area of Practice:

• First Department Disciplinary Committee
  • New York & Bronx Counties
    Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Department
    61 Broadway, 2nd Floor
    New York, NY 10006
    (212) 401-0800
    
    
• Second Department Grievance Committees
  • Kings, Queens & Richmond Counties
    Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts
    Renaissance Plaza
    335 Adams Street, Suite 2400
    Brooklyn, NY 11201-3745
    (718) 923-6300
    
    
  • Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland & Westchester Counties
    Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District
    399 Knollwood Road, Suite 200
    White Plains, NY 10603
    (914) 949-4540
    
    
  • Nassau & Suffolk Counties
    Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District
    150 Motor Parkway, Suite 102
    Hauppauge, NY 11788
    (631) 231-3775
    
    
• Third Department Committee on Professional Standards
  • 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
    Committee on Professional Standards
    40 Steuben Street, Suite 502
    Albany, NY 12207
    (518) 285-8350
    
    
• Fourth Department Disciplinary Committees
  • Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Onondaga & Oswego Counties
    Grievance Committee for the Fifth Judicial District
    Syracuse Square
    224 Harrison Street, Suite 408
    Syracuse, NY 13202-3066
    (315) 471-1835
    
    
  • Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates Counties
    Grievance Committee for the Seventh Judicial District
    Attorney Grievance Committee
    50 East Avenue, Suite 404
    Rochester, NY 14604-2206
    (585) 530-3180
    Fax: (585) 530-3191
    
    
  • Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genessee, Niagara, Orleans & Wyoming Counties
    Grievance Committee for the Eighth Judicial District
    
    438 Main Street, Suite 800
    Buffalo, NY 14202-3212
    (716) 845-3630

Attorney/Client Fee Disputes

Part 137 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator establishes a statewide Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Resolution Program

Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection

The Lawyers' Fund was established in 1982 to provide reimbursement to law clients who have lost money or property as a result of lawyer's dishonest conduct in the practice of law. The fund is a remedy for law clients who cannot get reimbursement from the lawyer who caused the loss, or from insurance or other sources.

For information on filing an application to recover funds, contact the New York Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection at 1-800-442-FUND or visit their website at www.nylawfund.org