N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22, § 1032.6 – Assignment of attorneys for children.

(a) Any attorney designated to an attorneys for children panel in the Fourth Department may be assigned as an attorney for children in any adjoining county in the Fourth Department and in any other county not adjoining may be assigned upon prior approval of the Appellate Division.
(b) No attorney for children shall be assigned to represent a minor when such assignment involves an ethical conflict of interest. Attorneys serving in the following positions or employed by the following offices, if otherwise eligible for designation, shall disclose such employment to the court: judge or justice of a city, town or village court; law clerk to a judge or justice; district attorney; county attorney; and municipal corporation counsel. Attorneys serving in any of the above positions or employed by any of the above offices, shall not be appointed as an attorney for children in proceedings in which, by virtue of such position or employment, they have similar or equal subject matter jurisdiction or, in the county in which they are employed, the office in which they are employed participates as a party.
(c) Removal from attorneys for children panel.
An attorney may request that his or her name be removed from an attorney for children panel. Upon receipt of such request, the Appellate Division shall remove the attorney's name from the panel. A Family Court judge, Supreme Court justice or surrogate may, at any time, recommend to the Appellate Division the removal of an attorney's name from an attorneys for children panel for good cause, including, but not limited to, misconduct, lack of diligence in performing attorneys for children assignments, or unwillingness to serve. An attorney whose name appears on an attorneys for children panel for two consecutive years and who has not served as an attorney for children shall be removed from the list by the Appellate Division. The Appellate Division may, on its own motion at any time, remove an attorney's name from an annual attorneys for children panel. Regardless of the basis for removal from the attorneys for children panel, an attorney may request reconsideration of such removal.
(d) Assignment of counsel by the Supreme or a Surrogate's Court to represent children in proceedings wherein compensation is authorized pursuant to Judiciary Law, section 35(7) shall be made from the panel designated pursuant to section 1032.4 of this Part.
(e) An attorney who is employed full-time with any governmental agency cannot be assigned or accept assignments in any court as an attorney for children without the express written permission of the employer, Family Court, and the Attorneys for Children Program. An attorney may complete any matter assigned prior to the attorney obtaining such full-time employment, provided the completion of the assignment involves no legal or ethical conflict of interest and the attorney has obtained the express written permission of the employer, Family Court and the Attorneys for Children Program.