Noted jurist Barry Kamins to retire, puts an end to illustrious judicial career
Longtime judge, legal scholar and established Brooklyn attorney Barry Kamins has announced that he will retire from the bench effective Dec. 1. The announcement comes as a surprise to many in the Brooklyn legal community.
“The New York judicial system has lost one of its finest judges and it is a loss to everybody,” attorney Marvin Hirsch told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Kamins and Hirsch were partners at the Brooklyn law firm Flamhaft Levy Kamins Hirsch & Rendiero.
Kamins’ retirement may have provided a bittersweet sigh of relief. In June, the New York City Department of Investigation (DOI) issued a report alleging unethical judicial conduct by Kamins in support of his friend, former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes.