Law Scholar Alfred E. Piombino will lead a New York State Notary Public Workshop on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 from 9:00
a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at the Cayuga Community College Main Campus in Auburn.
This acclaimed program provides a comprehensive review of the New York State Notary Public role, duties and
responsibilities and delivers effective official state law examination preparation.
“Attendance at this seminar is a must for every prospective Notary Public to properly prepare for the serious legal authority, duties and myriad responsibilities of holding this public officer appointment,” said Alfred E. Piombino, the course pioneer.
“Simply taking and passing the 40-question examination, implemented in 1950 by New York Secretary of State Thomas J. Curran, is a good start, but it’s not sufficient preparation by itself to fully understand and execute all the required duties,” said Piombino.
“First appointed as a New York Notary Public in 1981, I easily passed the state law examination because I was a college business school student, but I really didn’t fully understand the scope and depth of my duty which inspired my further legal research,” he adds.
“This frustration with a lack of accurate, adequate resources sparked my sense of intellectual curiosity and was
the catalyst of forty years of passion for dedicating myself to this niche, legal scholarship, researching, writing
and teaching – to not only help other legal practitioners better protect themselves from legal liability, but also to
protect the integrity of the civil and criminal court systems,” adds Piombino.
“Notarial legal ineptitude, intentional or unintentional, definitively leads to the insidious denigration of all courts, erodes public confidence and stymies good-faith efforts to effectively and fairly deliver justice to litigants, victims and defendants,” emphasized Piombino.
The New York Secretary of State administers the proctored, written law examination through the Department of
State on a regular basis throughout New York, but not at the training event.
Piombino is a highly acclaimed teacher, court expert witness, prolific book author, past state court official and
former State University of New York (SUNY) college business law faculty. He is the renowned scholar on New
York Notary Law and Practice and the original curriculum developer and faculty of Notary Public educational
programs at scores of public and private colleges throughout New York, including Cayuga Community College.
US Citizenship is not required for any applicant, nor is a felony conviction an automatic disqualification
from receiving an appointment by the New York Secretary of State.