So why Richard Northrup, as Delaware County DA, did not prosecute Porter Kirkwood for aiding and abetting unauthorized practice of law?

Richard Northrup, Delaware County (NY) District Attorney until January 1, 2016, has been sworn as a judge of Delaware County and Family Court.

He ran his campaign together with his "twin brother" Porter Kirkwood, Delaware County Attorney who was, same as Northrup, supported by the now-retired corrupt judge Carl F. Becker.

Here is Northrup-Kirkwood election campaign flyer.

Yet, as of May 2015, reports were available from New York State Comptroller's office that Porter Kirkwood was engaged in aiding and abetting unauthorized practice of law, on a large scale.

Why?

Because Kirkwood, according to reports provided to me in answer to my FOIL request by NYS Comptroller's office only "reviewed" "some", but not all contracts, made by non-lawyers in Delaware County government.

That is, instead of DRAFTING those contracts for Delaware County, as the County Attorney, Kirkwood only "reviewed" and then approved of contracts drafted by non-lawyers, which constituted unauthorized practice of law, a crime.




By approving the practice of non-lawyers drafting contracts for the County instead of the County Attorney, Kirkwood aided and abetted unauthorized practice of law, a misdemeanor, and each contract of Delaware County not drafted by an attorney is one more count of aiding and abetting UPL by Kirkwood.


Yet, since Kirkwood was supported by his friend, the County judge Carl Becker, and by his friend and co-runner in judicial election campaign Richard Northrup, it was not profitable for Northrup to prosecute Kirkwood for these crimes.

I wonder if now the new Delaware County attorney will prosecute Delaware county officials and employees - including Kirkwood - for UPL and aiding and abetting UPL.