COLONIE — A part-time town justice resigned amid a state investigation into complaints that he used his law firm staff and another attorney to file cases for his private clients in Town Court, was hostile when representing landlords as an attorney in other courts, enlisted prosecutors in his court to get someone an internship in the Albany County District Attorney’s office, and urged voters to change their party enrollments.
The state Commission on Judicial Conduct released documents Friday about its investigation of Judge David R. Green, a part-time judge with the court who also works as a private attorney. His agreement to resign on June 30 forestalls the completion of the probe, which the documents show was focused in part on Green’s legal work for landlords.
In December, the Times Union reported on tensions among Colonie’s justices tied to evictions handled in Town Court. The courthouse drama began last spring when attorney Padric Moore tried to file paperwork in four eviction cases. His papers were rejected by Town Court Clerk Mary Falace, who explained she was following a directive from senior town Justice Andrew C. Sommers…