David Green Removed

David R. Green, a part-time justice of the Colonie Town Court in Albany County, New York who also worked as a private attorney representing landlords, resigned effective May 19, 2025, as part of a settlement with the state's Commission on Judicial Conduct that ended an investigation into his conduct. The investigation examined whether Green improperly used attorney T. Padric Moore as an intermediary to bring eviction cases connected to Green's own private law practice before his own court — a "straw-man" arrangement flagged as a potential ethical violation when Moore's filings were initially rejected by the court clerk.

A New York State Supreme Court justice separately ordered the Colonie Town Court to accept Moore's filings, a ruling that focused on the clerk's procedural obligations rather than resolving the underlying ethics question. Green's resignation and settlement ended the Commission's probe before it reached a final determination.