Office of Leon R. Koziol
1518 Genesee StreetUtica, NY 13502
(315) 796-4000June 9, 2011
COMPLAINT
State of New York Commission on Judicial ConductCorning Tower Suite 2301Empire State PlazaAlbany, NY 12223Re: Chief Judge Jonathan LippmanAppellate Division Justices, Third and FourthFamily Court Judge Michelle Pirro-BaileyFamily Court Judge Martha Walsh-HoodSupreme Court Judge Michael DaleyDear Commission:This Complaint is asserted in connection with ongoing sex discriminatory in New York’sUnified Court System, invidious judge refusals to comply with established laws, and judicialretaliation for the exercise of protected activities. Widespread harm to families and communitiescaused by needless court disputes is a major focus of this document and reform effort.Until I took up a public cause to promote parenting rights in New York’s domestic relationscourts, I enjoyed 23 unblemished years as a civil rights attorney. I secured six figure recoveriesfor victims of government abuse, ran as an endorsed candidate for state Senate and obtained afinal judgment in state Supreme Court declaring the largest casino in New York unconstitutional.My public interest work over the years has been featured on the CBS program 60 Minutes, CNNand multiple editions of the New York Times. What follows is a compelling story which may becompared to the plight of Gao Zhisheng, the Chinese lawyer stripped of his law license, basicliberties and child contact as a result of his representation of Christian groups and publiccriticisms of a communist government.In November, 2007, I began a process of representing parenting groups and victims of discrimination in New York’s Family Court. I publicly criticized unethical lawyer practiceswhich caused parents to fight over their own offspring. I also promoted shared parentinginitiatives and equal rights for fathers. Shortly afterwards, I was deprived of my law license,