Miss Levitt, as chief of the litigation department, was one of two city lawyers consulted by the city when it was sued by a group of black and Hispanic police officers who contended that the 1983 promotional examination for sergeants was biased.
Ms. White, now chief of the litigation department at the New York City law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton, said in a statement that she took the job only after a promise of total independence, plentiful resources and the diocese's full cooperation.
The indictment was brought by Guy Goodwin, chief of the special litigation section of the Justice Department's Internal Security Division.
Miss Levitt, 37 years old, is chief of the general litigation division of the city's Law Department.
"Internet vendors don't notify the customers that that's the case," said Gail Rubin, chief of the affirmative litigation division at the city's Law Department.
Shanetta Cutlar, chief of the special litigation section in the civil rights division, told investigators that Schlozman acknowledged to her in March 2007, three months before his disputed congressional testimony, that he "probably made some mistakes...
But Frank Askin, chief of the Constitutional Litigation Clinic at Rutgers University, said he expected new rules to be in effect for the 2001 elections, in which the governor, Senate and Assembly are on the ballot.
Jonathan Pines, a deputy chief of the general litigation division of the New York City Law Department, said in a statement: "We are disappointed that Justice Gans ignored the clear dictates of state law, which provides a Charter Revision Commission preference on the ballot.
Eric Proshansky, deputy chief of the affirmative litigation division, said that collecting cigarette taxes had traditionally been problematic, and that the only other Internet case he had come across was the State of Washington's suing a single vendor.
The executive director of the Charter Commission, Lorna Goodman, is the former County Attorney of Nassau County and chief of the affirmative litigation division of the New York City Corporation Counsel's office.
Wexler gave Lopez and Jonathan Smith, the chief of the Special Litigation Section, credit for putting themselves out there to answer questions about the pattern or practice process.
