By Susan DeSantis | October 2, 2019
The state bar is intensifying its recruiting out-of-state and in other countries as membership declines in New York. In 2001, the state bar represented 55.2% of NY lawyers but by 2017 only 38.6% belonged.
By Xiumei Dong | September 18, 2019
Fast-growing Tyson & Mendes has hired veteran Gordon & Rees partner Robert Modica to kickstart its New York location.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | September 13, 2019
John Berry, who was at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in New York for nearly a decade before joining the SEC, said there is always a demand for senior-level government lawyers, but he does not see a big hiring trend in the area.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | August 23, 2019
A Broadway sequel perhaps? Atticus Finch was captivated by "To Kill a Mockingbird" at age 7 and so he changed his name with the approval of his parents who are attorneys.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By David B. Saxe | August 21, 2019
Whatever unpleasantness may have arisen during our time on the court has long ago faded and been overcome by the positive feelings we have maintained for this wonderful institution and the judges who gave it life.
By Susan DeSantis | July 22, 2019
"It is no exaggeration to say that there is no one in the history of this nation who has done more over a lifetime to serve the public than he," said Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
By Susan DeSantis | July 22, 2019
John Sweeny Jr., who is from Putnam County, was one of 10 Republican judges transported to Manhattan by Republican Gov. George Pataki in a controversial move to bring conservative voices to an appellate court he considered too liberal.
By MP McQueen | July 12, 2019
With more states enacting or considering laws aimed at predatory consumer lending and state attorneys general taking regulatory action, some commercial litigation finance companies worry that they are also targets.
By Susan DeSantis | July 1, 2019
"There are increasing challenges getting young lawyers to settle in these counties. They're carrying significant legal debt," said New York State Bar Association President Henry M. Greenberg. "In many of these communities, the justice gap is vast and this is a crisis."
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Deirdre L. Hay | July 1, 2019
WBASNY, formed in the late 1970s by a diverse group of dedicated and visionary peopleof all genders, proudly installed its first openly gay president, Susan Bender, in 1992.
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