Michael A. Gentile
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Admitted
- New York, 1972
- U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern District of New York, 1974
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
Education
- Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1971
- Brooklyn College of the City of New York, B.A., 1967
Associations & memberships
- American Bar Association (Member, Faculty on Professional Responsibility)
- Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
- National Organization of Bar Counsel
- New York District Attorneys Association
Biographical details & professional experience
- Chief Counsel, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, 1980-1989
- Attorney, Private Practice, 1989-1990
- Office of the District Attorney, Kings County, New York: Assistant District Attorney, 1971-1975
- Assistant District Attorney, Chief of Investigations, 1975-1980; Deputy District Attorney for Operations, 1990-1992
- First Deputy District Attorney, 1992-1995
- Guest Commentator: Court TV
- Featured Speaker, “The Alcoholic Lawyer”; “How to Try a Lawyer Disciplinary Case,”
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Participant, New York State Bar Association Symposium on Professional Discipline
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Ethics, Fordham Law School, 1984
Publications
- “Automatic Disbarment: A Convicted Felon’s Just Deserts, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly”, Volume 13, Number 3, Spring 1986
- “The Rat-Fink Rule: Why Lawyers and the Bar Should Police the Profession,” ABA Bar Leader, May-June 1986 “Permissible Limits of Lawyers TV Ads,” New York Law Journal, February 25, 1985
- “Reporting Misconduct by other Lawyers”, New York Law Journal, October 23, 1984
- “Lawyers Seem to Know Little About Disciplinary Process,” New York Law Journal, January 31, 1983
- “Unraveling the Complexity of Automatic Discipline,” New York Law Journal, March 14, 1982
Guest lecturer
- Fordham Law School
- Albany Law School
- Touro Law School
- Cardozo Law School
- St. John’s Law School
- Women’s Bar Association
- Committee on Professional Discipline
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- New York State Bar Association: Ethical Issues in Matrimonial Cases: What’s The Good Lawyer To Do, 2006
- Basics of Criminal Law Practice, 2007
- Member, Board of Governors, Daytop Village
- President, Saint Andrew’s Golf Club
Michael A. Gentile serves clients throughout New York City and the state of New York.