New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Erik Kristensen | April 18, 2023
New York provides some of the most comprehensive protections for transgender individuals in the nation, which it looks to continue expanding. It is, therefore, unexpectedly disturbing to witness the reluctance of the state Legislature to provide effective protection for transgender youth threatened and harmed by the tsunami of anti-transgender legislation being enacted in many states.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Philip Katz and Brian Zimmerman | April 16, 2023
Respectfully, Dawne Mitchell and Theresa Moser's "unartfully" worded letter to the governor as well as their most recent letter to the editor both demonstrate a lack of understanding of the present political and legal dynamics as they relate to the current battle to compel the state of New York to meet its sacred constitutional obligation to indigent adults, families and children.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen and Gerald B. Lefcourt | April 13, 2023
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has chosen to venture significantly beyond using the bare-bones indictment. Accordingly, while did he file a spartan Trump indictment, contemporaneously he filed a 13-page "Statement of Facts" that was made available to the public.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Dawne Mitchell and Theresa Moser | April 12, 2023
Leaders of the New York City Bar Association's Council on Children clarify statements regarding potential increases in state funding to provide pay raises for 18-B attorneys and Attorney for the Child offices.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Sol Wachtler | April 12, 2023
Putting New York's court system on the chopping block in its war with the governor to wrest power for the "progressive" wing of the Democratic Party is destructive and dangerous, a former chief judge of the Court of Appeals writes.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Philip Katz | April 10, 2023
A lawyer who leads a statewide group representing assigned counsel, or 18-B attorneys, takes issue with a statement contained in a Law Journal story on the state funding long-overdue pay raises for lawyers who provide representation to some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Norman Olch | April 10, 2023
The fact that the indictment does not specify what is the other crime Trump intended when he allegedly falsified business records and that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg at his press conference would not specify what that other crime is are not signs of a weak case.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Elliott B. Jacobson | April 10, 2023
Going forward there is much Congress can do to ensure the integrity of the U.S. Supreme Court, a former New York prosecutor writes. And it should start by enacting legislation banning the acceptance of gifts valued at more than some nominal amount, say $25, by Supreme Court justices.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Jerry H. Goldfeder | April 7, 2023
Various supporters and detractors of Trump have already opined that this is a weak case, or unprecedented, or that the connection between falsifying business records and campaign finance violations is a stretch. An elections lawyer who is a regular Law Journal contributor thinks they are wrong.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Karen Freedman, Dawne Mitchell, Karen Simmons and Merril Sobie | April 7, 2023
We are particularly appalled by the clear misunderstanding of the critical role of the Attorney for the Child (AFC) in custody and visitation proceedings.
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