Albany lawyer Terence Kindlon censured




Gavin reports:







Kindlon called it “poetic justice.”

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Bryan Fitzgerald

24 Responses

  1. HS BB Fan says:

    Can someone explain what it means exactly when you are “censured”. Is there a punishment or fine?

  2. Barbara says:

    Is it supposed to be ironic or something that Lee Kindlon pointed out that David Soares had been censured, and now Terry Kindlon has been censured? I’m not sure why that was mentioned. Wouldn’t anyone running for District Attorney bring it up if their opponent had been censured? I don’t think the younger Mr. Kindlon was exactly living in a glass house because his father (not him) was going to be censured in the future.

  3. Dave says:

    Why was he censured? He got info that the DA had, isn’t that the idea of a fair trial? Having any evidence that the DA has? The DA had an email that helped prosecute a man, yet the defending lawyer is not allowed to have access to it? The 3rd Judicial review board needs to look at the justice here.

    I hope everybody writes in Kindlon for DA

  4. Laurie says:

    I have to agree with Barbara – why was that last comment “the younger Kindlon made an issue over the fact that Soares was censured by an appeals court for comments…” even in this article? ….

  5. jgreen says:

    I think Kindlon’s behavior was disgraceful and I am glad the panel of judges agreed. Kindlon was not acquiring evidence, he was photographing personal correspondence. The DA is not required to open ever file in his office for inspection simply because he is prosecuting a case. Put the shoe on the other foot, how would Kindlon react if the prosecutors were photographing all the papers on his table?

  6. steve says:

    Lawyers same respect as a used car salesmen!

  7. PC says:

    #1. Censuring is a public slap on the wrist. No suspension, punishment or fine.

    #3. It was not evidence. The defendant was already indicted. This was strategic trial material and attorney work product not required to be turned over to the defense. It’s dirty pool and unethical to be rummaging around the ADAs desk. The 3rd Department’s Committee on Professional Conduct just did “look at the justice here.” Kindlon admits he was wrong. It has nothing to do with his sons primary defeat.

  8. mav says:

    Other then getting some parking tickets reduced has this guy ever won a big case??

  9. Charles says:

    It’s about time that Terry Kindlon got caught and reprimanded for his unethical behavior!

  10. Park View says:

    I am not in the least bit surprised. In a trial I attended last year, he pulled similar stunts, including having prosecuting attorney approve a document to be presented the following day, which was 2 pages, but then only presented one page the following day because the second page hurt his case. Luckily the prosecution was on the ball and caught him in full view of the court. Kindlon lost the case,thankfully, as he has with most others in recent memory. Guess he skipped Ethics in law school.

  11. nah says:

    Perone, Herbert Flowers, the gun toting granny…trust me, the guy earns his money.

  12. Robert says:

    Who knows if he has ever won a big case, the real question is why was the guy fired for suppying the info?

  13. commonsence says:

    Let’s get back to the issues in the article. Mr. Kindlon had a job to do, defend his client and the DA’s was to oppose him. If the substitute DA wasn’t up to the task I don’t think he’s able to shop other lawyers, not employed by the gov’t, to aide him. He got snookered. The ADA left a document laying in full view that demonstrated he was being helped by a friend outside of the District Attorney’s office, a breech of protocol in the very least. His buddy should have stayed out of the issue, what if his new employers were hired by the defendant on an appeal? He was double dealing, got what he deserved.
    The question about “trained warrior” incensed Kindlon, me too. The guy was a trained combat officer in the US Military, thank God we have a trained military. That question could be asked of millions of us!!!!!

  14. Yuk says:

    Didn’t this dude represent Porco? And he was also found…GUILTY!

    (((twirling out of post…)))

  15. m says:

    I remember comments about this gross injustice when it was first published. Mr. Lennard was treated very unfairly – both by Kindlon and by Tulley Rinkey. I’m glad he has been vindicated and trust he is far better off out on his own. He is/was a class act.

  16. I believe the ADA should not have had a document in a location where a defense attorney could view the a document. Seems like commom sense to me. It seems to me that if the initial ADA felt it was pertinent and important material in terms of the man’s combat skills, it would have been somewhere in the file. Strange it wasn’t written/noted somewhere. I would share that it is wonderful to see someone stand up and take responsibility for his actions as Mr. Kindlon did. I’d like to see more of that in the political arena and general community. I believe Terrance Kindlon’s actions being tied Lee Kindlon’s mention of the centuring of Mr. Soares during the campaign was off base. Lee Kindlon is certainly not responsible for the actions of his father nor his father for his actions. It is pertinent that Mr. Soares was centured and admonished. Lee Kindlon was not!

  17. Center Square Girl says:

    Can someone explain this to me. If I leave my job and go to a new job and my old job has a question, I could get fired for answering that question? That part doesn’t seem fair. What Kindlon did was crazy though.

  18. thegame says:

    #13: There is NOTHING unethical about an ADA asking a privately-employed ex ADA for information on a pending case. And please identify what protocol was allegedly “breeched”?

    Lennard’s new firm couldn’t have been hired for an appeal, because they would have been conflicted from the OUTSET– Lennard worked on the prosecution’s case as an ADA! It just underscores the point– Lennard wasn’t conflicted from helping the prosecution; he was conflicted from helping the DEFENSE. Kindlon’s outrage is and was completely baseless. As was Tully’s– give me a break!

    The censure was well warranted. What Kindlon did was tantamount to rummaging through your adversary’s file during a lunch recess. Bad practice and very dirty pool. +1 to PC’s comment.

  19. Janet Innes-Kirkwood says:

    Well from my perspective as a concerned citizen watching all of this from a distance it is all rather disturbing and does not exactly raise my faith in the integrity of the system much. Everybody’s behavior does not seem exactly professional – and that would seem to be on a number of different levels. I don’t know the Kendlons. However If the elder Terence Kindlon ever runs for office his censure would be fair game I would think, as was David Soares’. This speaks to professional conduct. However the potential conflict of interest also seems to be a reoccurring issue in Albany. As does tit-for-tat politics. Now as for questionable ethics or protocol…

  20. too old for this crap says:

    I wish this was the most unethical thing Kindlon has ever done, alas….

  21. Dodged A Bullet says:

    It is always better, and less costly to hire a competent, caring, ethical attorney before your trial than to have 1 try to fix the mistakes that occurred during your trial. My advice to Kevin, regarding his legal representation, is to run.. Quickly. Albany, much like me, you too dodged a bullet with the last D.A. election.

  22. Jon Taylor says:

    Kindlon has never won a major case but he has put alot of people in prison. Good Job Terry – keep up your unethical tactics.

  23. o says:

    20 years ago I would of said that Kindlon was a scumbag lawyer. I now say that I would hire him in a heart beat. He does what he needs to do to get the job done.

  24. CitizenforTruth(?) says:

    …this court is out of control.