The Law Offices of Richard E. Grayson

New York Legal Ethics Attorney
Richard E. Grayson is a New York attorney ethics lawyer, representing judges and lawyers who are investigated or charged with professional misconduct or unethical practices.

Mr. Grayson worked for the Ninth Judicial District Grievance Committee in White Plains from 1978 to 1982 before entering private practice. The Law Office of Richard E. Grayson provides ethics and professional responsibility counsel and representation to members of the New York bench and bar.

His firm serves many lawyers and judges in the First Department (Manhattan and Bronx counties) and the Second Department (Suffolk, Nassau, Brooklyn [Kings], Queens, Staten Island [Richmond], Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam and Dutchess counties), providing defense in grievance committee and judicial misconduct proceedings. He also counsels attorneys about ethical issues, writes ethics opinions, testifies as an expert witness at disciplinary hearings, and represents legal consultants who are charged with ethics violations, persons seeking admission to the New York bar, and attorneys seeking reinstatement to practice.

Mr. Grayson is a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (the national organization of grievance defense counsel) and serves on the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Discipline. He is a member of the New Rochelle, White Plains and New York State Bar Associations.

He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is listed in "The New York Area's Best Lawyers" for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 under the category of "Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law."

Mr. Grayson is admitted to practice in the following courts: New York State; United District Courts for the Eastern, Southern, Northern and Western Districts of New York; United States Supreme Court.

Richard E. Grayson is certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board to teach two different ethics courses to attorneys. In this capacity, Mr. Grayson has been a speaker at more than 200 continuing legal education events for both lawyers and judges.