Susan DeSantis
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New York, NY, United States
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NY Bar Association Wants Every Immigrant Facing Deportation to Have an Attorney
“We must ensure for immigrants due process and that the principles of fundamental fairness are observed in any judicial setting in which they appear,” NYSBA President Hank Greenberg said. → Read More
Momentum Builds for Allowing NY Bar Applicants to Keep Mental Health History Secret
Time in law school is marked by extreme stress anxiety overwhelming expectations and financial uncertainty New York Bar Association President Henry Greenberg said in a call to action. Many students admit they are not seeking help because they are concerned that doing so will negatively impact their bar admission. → Read More
Diverse Leaders To Take Over All 59 of NY State Bar Association's Committees
“It is a moral imperative that our profession better reflects the diversity exemplified by our clients and we can no longer accept empty rhetoric or half-measures to realize that goal” NYSBA president Henry M. Greenberg said. “It’s the right thing to do it’s the smart thing to do and clients are demanding it.” → Read More
It's Too Late to Retire, Robert Morgenthau, NYC's Longest-Serving DA, Says as He Approaches 100
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. → Read More
Lawyers, Experts Fear Dire Consequences as the Pace of Legal Work Accelerates
To be sure repeatedly missing family dinners or working an exhausting schedule is nothing new in the legal profession. But some lawyers are downright nostalgic about the days when they were forced to wait for an adversary's reply by U.S. mail or stay at the printers until all the commas in a document were fixed. → Read More
NY Bar Exam Pass Rates Rebound in February as Scores Fall Nationwide
The increase in the overall passing rate is largely attributable to the performance of the repeat-takers who increased their passing rate to 36% from last year's 25% the New York State Board of Law Examiners said. → Read More
NY State Bar Tells Lawyers: Play Nicely
In an era when politicians and pundits alike are bemoaning society's lack of civility the New York State Bar Association is announcing today that it has adopted new standards that tell lawyers how they should behave in the sandbox so to speak. But don't worry: you most likely won't get sanctioned for throwing a temper tantrum. → Read More
State, County Bar Associations to Take Over Screening of Judicial Candidates
Having effective partisan-free judicial evaluation and screening processes in place throughout the state is critical to ensuring that candidates for judicial office in New York possess the essential qualities to be a good judge Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said in a statement that the New York State Bar Association is planning to release on Thursday. → Read More
NYSBA to Study if Move to Uniform Bar Exam Led to a Rise in Lawyers Unprepared to Practice
'To me it is unfathomable that practitioners who plan to practice in New York would start their careers without the most basic knowledge of the rules that govern almost every aspect of practice in the New York State Courts' said state Supreme Court Justice Barry Ostrager of the commercial division. → Read More
How a $254M Powerball Ticket Changed This Man's Life
Before Jason Kurland knew it, he was handling $2.5 billion in lottery winnings and had become a national celebrity of sorts. → Read More
First Department Introduces Four-Judge Panels, Upsetting NY Bar Associations
It’s pretty self-evident and universally accepted that a five-judge panel is preferable to a four-judge panel said New York State Bar Association president Michael Miller. Unlike the challenges of solving the Byzantine court system we have this is a problem that’s easily solvable. We just need the governor to make the appointments to the appellate division. → Read More
Hofstra Law School Opens Program to Help Pro Se Litigants in Federal Court
The lack of legal representation for the poor is an issue of national concern and we are thrilled that the Hofstra pro se program will offer assistance to unrepresented persons in navigating the complexities of federal litigation Chief Judge Dora L. Irizarry of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York said. → Read More
Law Firms Ease Mandatory Retirement Policies, but Tensions Remain
It's like going to high school when the seniors never graduate and the seniors are the partners said Terrence Tarver a personal injury lawyer who chairs the young lawyers section of the state bar association. → Read More
NYSBA Says Justice Shouldn't Be Subject to Vagaries of Politics
Operations of the federal courts—and indeed justice for all Americans—should not and must not be subject to the vagaries of politics said Michael Miller president of the New York State Bar Association. → Read More
Paul Weiss Partner, Who Retired 35 Years Ago, Still Works in Office at Age 106
At age 106 Mordie Rochlin doesn't have the stamina to fight the holiday traffic. That's why you won't find him at the Paul Weiss offices near Rockefeller Center until after the new year. → Read More
What NY Law School Deans are Saying About Declining Bar Pass Rates
At 12 of New York's 15 law schools a lower percentage of graduates passed the bar exam in July than their classmates a year earlier. Here's what the deans… → Read More
NY Bar Associations, ABA Call for FBI Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh
“We believe that it is essential to the rule of law in our nation and to the reputation of the Supreme Court that all Americans have confidence that candidates for the court are reviewed fairly and thoroughly and that only an FBI investigation will give them that confidence said New York State Bar Association president Michael Miller. → Read More
In Rare Partnership, NYC, NY State Bar Associations Prevail on ABA to Urge Congress to Assist Puerto Rico
NYSBA President Michael Miller and NYCBA President Roger Juan Maldonado worked in close collaboration to build support for the resolution which asks Congress to exempt Puerto Rico from the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 better known as the Jones Act. → Read More
Queens County Bar: The Goal of a Bar Association Is to Ensure Its Existence
Bar membership is essential to the growth and development of our members’ practice areas said Hilary Gingold president of Queens County Bar Association and principal court attorney for the New York State Unified Court System. → Read More
State Bar Association Announces Task Forces on Wrongful Convictions, Puerto Rico
If there’s one conviction that’s wrongfully been obtained that’s one too many said former state Supreme Court Justice Barry Kamins who will co-chair the task force. → Read More