By Joseph W. Bellacosa | March 1, 2024
The current appointive system for Court of Appeals judges discarded the statewide elective method, a Law Journal columnist recounts. Centralized administration with statewide fiscal resources shifted executive leadership responsibility to the chief judge and chief administrative judge.
By Brian Lee | February 28, 2024
Bill sponsors say the measure is aimed at preventing forum-shopping and to designate those courts as experts in redistricting matters.
By Andrew Denney | February 28, 2024
ABC News, which first reported on the letter sent to Engoron, also reports that, according to "a source familiar with the situation," an envelope containing white powder was also sent to New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office earlier this month won at trial in the civil fraud case against Donald Trump.
By Brian Lee | February 27, 2024
Sharing the stage with fellow judges and attorneys, a court officer and program participants, Chief Judge Rowan Wilson's focused on courts' need to arrive "at the best solution for each individual situation."
By Timothy Driscoll | February 26, 2024
A Nassau County judge recounts a exchange in which "his" judge—the judge he spent his clerkship with as a young lawyer—wielded his "rapier" wit to disarm a fellow jurist and got a room "doubled over with laughter."
By Brian Lee | February 21, 2024
A new report highlights strides the court system has made in leveraging technology to streamline operations and details the next steps in continuing to advance the courts' post-pandemic modernization efforts.
By Brian Lee | February 16, 2024
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct's counsel and administrator Robert Tembeckjian is asking lawmakers for a budget of $8.9 million, but the executive branch has settled on $8.3 million.
By Andrew Denney | February 16, 2024
The five-judge panel heard arguments in appeals for a host of civil matters, including a fraud lawsuit involving the Stardust Diner in Manhattan, which is famous for its show tune-singing wait staff; and a suit that former Fox News anchor Andrea Tantaros filed against her ghost writer.
By Andrew Denney | February 15, 2024
The panel, presented by the Historical Society of the New York Courts and the Fund for Modern Courts and hosted at Sullivan & Cromwell's Lower Manhattan office, will feature Amit Becher, the president of the Israel Bar Association; Yoram Danziger, a former Israel Supreme Court judge; and Avichai Mandelblit, Israel's immediate past attorney general.
By Brian Lee | February 15, 2024
John Delmonte, a Democrat, is a 44-year practicing attorney from Niagara Falls. He has served as director of Neighborhood Legal Services since 2020.
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