Madoff's Attorney Appointed as Head of Ethics Panel
Ex-Madoff attorney named chair of N.Y. ethics panel
4/22/2013
By Joseph Ax
NEW YORK (Reuters) -" Daniel Horwitz, a partner at the boutique law firm Lankler Carragher & Horwitz in Manhattan and one of Bernard Madoff's defense lawyers, was appointed chairman of the state's political ethics watchdog on Monday by Governor Andrew Cuomo."
"The commission, known as JCOPE, was created in 2011 as part of a sweeping ethics-reform package signed into law by Cuomo. It regulates government ethics and lobbying for state legislators, legislative and executive branch employees, and political candidates, as well as lobbyists and certain party officials."
"Horwitz donated $4,250 in campaign funds to Cuomo from 2006 to 2010, according to state records."
Is it just me, or is it all one big good ol' boys club? 
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to a very turbulent D.U. at this time! 
defense lawyers are as guilty as the parties they represent.
We also know that a whopping $4,250 in campaign donations over a six-year period is suspicious in the extreme.
... is a lot more potentially valuable than a palty $4,250, I agree. 
(sarcasm duly noted) 
However, I do feel someone who defended Madoff would be the last person I would want in charge of any ethics commision. You do understand why I might feel that way, don't you?
He's also defended killers, so then we really shouldn't trust him! From what you're saying the lawyer must be unethical since his client is...that means he's a potential killer at any minute!
If he was truly a bad choice, you'd have more to point to than just that he was Madoff's lawyer.
I am considering your points, sometimes it takes a while for stuff to sink in my thick head. I am thinking along the terms of, for instance, when a judge might recluse himself from a case if he has ties to anyone involved. I am not trying to criticize just because this involves Democrats. It's just that any connection to Madoff seems to ooze slime. 
If he hasn't then why shouldn't he be on an ethics board? Is it just the fact that he was Madoff's defense lawyer? Everyone deserves a good defense lawyer. The lawyer isn't guilty of the crimes their clients commit.
and it's just an opinion, that the accusers and accused all seem to move in the same circles. That's all.
I was Ponzied by Bernie Madoff!
and thanks for pitching in! Hope Frodo is well! 
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[/img] Our old house has been replaced for a small fraction of the cost of the one we owned (along with the bank). It is 1/3 the size but so are the heating bills. I lived for 50 years before I heard the name Madoff. We have survived the ponzie without getting any of the money back. I'm seriously planning to white my autobiography. Heaven help those who have deliberately hurt me in my life.
I intend to tell the truth, all of it.
One heck of a whammy, tammy! 
move along
