By Josefa Velasquez | June 20, 2017
The Republican-led state Senate approved nearly 20 appointments or reappointments to the Court of Claims and interim appointments to the state Supreme Court Monday. Here's the list.
By Josefa Velasquez | June 19, 2017
State Sen. John Bonacic, head of the judiciary committee, said Monday that his committee would take up the nomination of openly gay First Department Justice Paul Feinman to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam.
By Jason Grant | June 19, 2017
A recently retired acting Manhattan Supreme Court justice and Court of Claims judge has agreed to never seek or accept state judicial office again after failing to perform his job for three years while struggling with "severe and pervasive" health problems.
By Rebecca Baker | June 16, 2017
Eight years after a popular summer training program for judges was canceled due to budget constraints, the judicial seminar has been revived with $3 million from the court system.
By Josefa Velasquez and Rebecca Baker | June 15, 2017
Paul Feinman, an appellate judge in Manhattan, is Gov. Andrew Cuomo's choice to fill the seat on the Court of Appeals left vacant by the death of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam.
By Marcia Coyle | June 14, 2017
Lower courts don't offer much guidance on how to resolve clashes between presidential speech and the U.S. Justice Department's litigation positions, Kate Shaw of Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law found in a forthcoming article. In "Beyond the Bully Pulpit: Presidential Speech in the Courts," Shaw undertook what she called "the first systematic examination of presidential speech in the courts." Shaw talks about her review in this Q&A with senior Washington correspondent Marcia Coyle.
By Rebecca Baker | June 13, 2017
An acting state Supreme Court justice has been admonished for misusing her position to try to influence criminal cases involving her son and her childhood baby sitter.
By Joseph W. Bellacosa | June 13, 2017
When I was appointed to the Court of Appeals, I was the seventh in a short period chosen by Gov. Mario Cuomo. Remarkably, that seven-member constituency of the court remained unchanged for almost six continuous years.
By Josefa Velasquez | June 9, 2017
Rochester City Court Judge Leticia Astacio could face an additional set of disciplinary actions after being found guilty of violating terms of her conditional discharge on a DWI sentence if a probe by the Commission on Judicial Conduct finds that she violated ethical standards.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 9, 2017
Middle School students from the New York City area cheer for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who attended the Thurgood Marshall Junior Mock Trial Competition Friday at the Bronx County Courthouse.
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