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Faye Lewis was appointed Administrative
to the position of an
Law Judge at OATH in 1991. Prior to that,
she was an associate at the law firm of Obermaier, Morvillo and Abramowitz, Assistant Attorney
and then she served as an
General in the labor bureau of the New
York State Department
of Law. She received
of Arts degree from Princeton University degree from New York University
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her Bachelor
and her law
School of Law.
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Trials and Hearings
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OATH's administrative
law judges
are full time managerial
appointed by the chief administrative chief administrative
law judge,
judges. The Charter provides
law judge.
there are now eleven administrat that OATH's judges are appointed 1
year term: 'of office-: '. hearing.
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In addition to tt
after a
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OATH's administrative
law jl,
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are subject to the same Code of Judicial Conduct as are the judges the New York State Unified Court System. things, that all political activity
is strictly
This means, among 01".' prohibited, and judges
not engage in the practice of law or any other activity inconsistent
with their judicial
for lawyers
experience,
process,
the diverse make:
skills and abilities, and
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Thus, the judges are graduates of some
of the nation's finest law schools, including University and Columbia.
recruitment
reflecting
the city, a rigorous review of credentials, decision writing competition.
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deemed
positions.
The judges are selected after an extensive including broad outreach
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Harvard,
New York
They possess a varied background
including practice in civil, criminal
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and adrnlntstrattvr
derived from both the private and public sectors. Although the C requires the judges to have been attorneys presently average mare than twenty
for five years, they
years experience
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OATH's administrative decision-making interpret
law judges
are called upon to fulfill important
roles in city government.
and apply policies and directives
and, to same extent, and corporate
OATH's judges must k8:,7{~i for many different
ag~~,
they make policy in their decisions. Individual
interests
are significantly
and directly affected by the
decisions made by OATH's judges.
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