Richard James Bartlett (February 15, 1926 – May 6, 2015) was an American jurist and state legislator.
Appointees to the commission included Timothy N. Pfeiffer, and special counsels Richard D. Denzer, and Peter J. McQuillan.
The commission worked for ten years, with numerous revisions and submissions to the legislature, before the final draft of the new code became law in 1971.
During that time, Bartlett was appointed New York State Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts serving from 1974 to 1979.
During his five years in the post, the Office of Court Administration was established to centralize management of the state's trial court system, and a permanent Judicial Conduct Commission was set up to deal with judges accused of misconduct.