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STATEOF
NEW
YORKCOMlVIISSION
ON
JUDICIALCONDUCTIntheMatter
of
theProceedingPursuanttoSection44,subdivision
4,
of
theJudiciaryLawinRelationtoDIANEL.SCHILLING,aJustice
of
theEastGreenbushTownCourt,RensselaerCounty.THECOMMISSION:HonorableTholnasA.Klonick,ChairHonorableTerryJaneRuderman,ViceChairHonorableRolando
T.
AcostaJoseph
W.
Belluck,Esq.JoelCohen,Esq.Richard
D.
Elnery,Esq.Paul
B.
Harding,Esq.Nina
M.
MooreHonorableKarenK.PetersRichard
A.
Stoloff,Esq.APPEARANCES:
DETERM
INATION
RobertH.Tembeckjian(Cathleen
S.
Cenciand
S.
PeterPedrotty,
Of
Counsel)fortheCOlnlnissionE.StewartJonesLawFirmPLLC(byE.StewartJones,Jr.,andJatnesC.Knox)fortheRespondentTherespondent,Diane
L.
Schilling,aJustice
of
theEastGreenbushTownCourt,RensselaerCounty,wasservedwithaFonnalWrittenCOlnplaintdatedMay3,
 
2011,containingtwocharges.TheFonnalWrittenCOlnplaintallegedthatrespondent:(i)improperlyintervenedinthedisposition
of
aSpeedingticketissuedtothewife
of
anotherjudgeand(ii)fouryearsearlier,acceptedspecialconsiderationwithrespecttoaSpeedingticketissuedtoher.RespondentfiledaverifiedanswerdatedMay23,2011.ByOrderdatedJune
1,
2011,theCominissiondesignatedPaul
A.
FeigenbauIn,Esq.,
as
refereetohearandreportproposedfindings
of
factandconclusions
of
law.AhearingwasheldonAugust
29
and31,2011,inAlbany,andtherefereefiledareportdatedJanuary6,2012.Thepartiessubmittedbriefswithrespecttothereferee'sreportandtheissue
of
sanctions.CounseltotheCommissionrecommendedthesanction
of
reInoval,andrespondent'scounselrecomlnendedadinonition.OnMarch15,2012,theCommissionheardoralargumentandthereafterconsideredtherecord
of
theproceeding.ThevoteinthisInatterwastakenonMarch15,2012,andtheCOlnmissionmadethefollowingfindings
of
fact.
1.
RespondenthasbeenaJustice
of
theEastGreenbushTownCourt,RensselaerCounty,since2002.
2.
Respondent
is
anattorney.Priortobecomingajudge,respondentwastheEastGreenbushTownAttorney.Inthatcapacity,sheprosecutedtrafficviolationsintheEastGreenbushTownCourt.
3.
Since2003,respondenthasbeenemployedinvariouspositionswiththeOffice
of
CourtAdininistration("OCA").Sheinitiallyserved
as
counselinthe
2
 
TrainingandEducationUnit
of
theCity,TownandVillageResourceCenter,whichprovidestrainingandeducationtolocaljudges.Afterarestructuring,theResourceCenterbecametheOffice
of
JusticeCourtSupport,andrespondentwasappointedspecialcounseltotheDeputy
Chief
AdministrativeJudgeforthecourtsoutside
of
New
YorkCity.InlateJune2009shebecameDirector
of
theOffice
of
JusticeCourtSupport.AstoChargeI
of
theFormalWrittenCOInplaint:4.At5:40
AM
onSaturday,May30,2009,EastGreenbushPoliceOfficerBrandonBoelissuedaSpeedingtickettoLisa
C.
Toolney.Ms.Toolney
is
thewife
of
SandLakeTownJusticePaulToolney,who
was
thenDirector
of
theOffice
of
JusticeCourtSupport.Ms.ToomeywasdrivingJudgeToomey'scar,whichhadalicenseplatethatincludedtheletters"SMA,"theacronylnfortheStateMagistratesAssociation.TheticketwasreturnableintheEastGreenbushTownCourtonJune11,2009,adateonwhichrespondent's
c o ~ j u d g e ,
KevinEngel,wasscheduledtopreside.
5.
RespondentknewJudgeToomeyfromtheirworktogether,fromthefactthattheywerejudgesinadjoiningtownsandfrolnsocialinteractions.JudgeToomey
had
recomlnendedthatrespondentbehiredbyOCAandwasinitiallyhersupervisor.Theirrelationshipwascordialandfriendly.
6.
Inissuingtheticket,OfficerBoelfollowednormalprocedures,includingnotifyingthepolicedispatcher
of
thestop,atwhichtimehealsoconveyedthelicenseplatenumber.7.Aftertheticketwasissued,Ms.ToomeyimmediatelycalledJudge3
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