New York's attorney discipline system is divided among four Appellate Division departments, each with its own grievance committees that investigate complaints against attorneys. The First Department covers Manhattan and the Bronx; the Second Department covers Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and surrounding counties; the Third and Fourth Departments cover upstate New York. Each department processes thousands of complaints each year, and the vast majority are dismissed without public discipline. The Ethics Reporter covers attorney ethics in New York with particular focus on cases that reveal systemic problems: attorneys who practice without real offices, newly admitted lawyers who take on complex matters without supervision, and the gap between the rules as written and the rules as enforced.