Colby Hamilton
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NY Deputy AG Sabel Set to Take Over Interim Leadership of Legal Aid Society in 2019
Janet Sabel was with the public defender organization for 25 years before joining the AG's Office in 2011. → Read More
UK Museum to Retain Ownership of Matisse Painting, 2nd Circuit Orders
The National Gallery acquired Portrait of Greta Moll in 1979 but heirs of the painting's subject matter claimed an exception under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to attempt to bring it back to the family. → Read More
Love of Trial Work Keeps 2nd Circuit Judge Chin in Unique Role at SDNY
Despite being elevated to the Second Circuit nearly eight years ago Judge Denny Chin has maintained a regular presence at the district level including a trial set to begin this month. → Read More
Answering Critics, Avenatti Says Slaying Goliaths Is His Business Model
The California-based commercial litigation attorney and his own practice have racked up over $1 billion in verdicts in cases against some of the biggest companies and law firms out there. I stand by the legal work we've done and the results we've attained he said. → Read More
16 Seeking to Fill AG Role Named by Assembly
The names of those entering the Assembly's vetting process include a member of Congress a former Brooklyn DA members of the Assembly and a tech entrepreneur. → Read More
Manhattan DA's Boroughwide Diversion Program Launches
The initiative is based on a pilot program for 16- and 17-year-old offenders that launched three years ago in northern Manhattan. → Read More
Court of Appeals Hears Fewest Criminal Cases in 15 Years
Members of the defense bar see the two-year trend as troubling. But observers say the court with so many new members is all but sure to correct course going forward under the leadership of Chief Judge Janet DiFiore. → Read More
NYSBA Panel Seeks Action Informed by History in Mass Incarceration Struggle
The panel hosted by ABA president Hilarie Bass included representatives from the ACLU and the Innocence Project as well as the Bronx DA. → Read More
Bharara needles Trump during first post-firing speech
In his first public appearance since departing as Manhattan U.S. attorney, Preet Bharara took shots at his former boss, however briefly, during a speech in the Cooper Union’s Great Hall in Manhattan Thursday night. → Read More
City officials back 10-year plan to shutter Rikers
The move is a reversal for de Blasio, who had previously discounted the idea as being largely unrealistic and a diversion from the focus of improving Rikers as it is. → Read More
Prosecutors faced 'high bar' in bringing de Blasio cases
The investigations into Mayor Bill de Blasio's fundraising activities during the 2013 mayoral race and the following year's state Senate races have kept New York political observers enthralled about the possible consequences of legal action against the mayor or his political team. → Read More
Arrested Missouri man alleged to have made at least eight threats against Manhattan Jewish centers
A Missouri man was arrested Friday morning in connection with at least eight threats against a Jewish community center in Manhattan, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara’s office announced. → Read More
Cuomo offers support for Mark-Viverito's call to close Rikers
Gov. Andrew Cuomo voiced support Sunday for New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito’s call to close Rikers Island. Calling the idea offered by the speaker during her State of the City speech last week “interesting and intriguing,” Cuomo said the island jail was a dated facility, and that the smaller, more technically advanced jails that can be built today would be “more appropriate.”… → Read More
POLITICO New York’s Public Law Report: Silver jury charges; Skelos trial starts
POLITICO New York’s Public Law Report: Silver jury charges; Skelos trial starts → Read More
Testimony zeroes in on Silver's financial disclosure forms
Jurors also hear recorded interviews former speaker had with reporters → Read More
Silver lawyers seek to have disclosure evidence excluded
Defense team says state forms were unclear and inconsistent, and would lead to a 'trial within a trial' → Read More
Criminal justice reformers split with de Blasio on bail, diversion
Mayor Bill de Blasio's calls for changes to the state's bail and court diversion systems in the wake of the killing of a New York City police officer have upended the usual array of Democratic support for his criminal justice proposals and earned rare praise from a Republican lawmaker. Since police officer Randolph Holder was killed last month, allegedly by a known drug dealer who was out on… → Read More
Criminal justice reformers split with de Blasio on bail, diversion
Mayor Bill de Blasio's calls for changes to the state's bail and court diversion systems in the wake of the killing of a New York City police officer have upended the usual array of Democratic support for his criminal justice proposals and earned rare praise from a Republican lawmaker. Since police officer Randolph Holder was killed last month, allegedly by a known drug dealer who was out on… → Read More
POLITICO New York’s Public Law Report: Silver trial sharpens; judge blasts de Blasio
POLITICO New York’s Public Law Report: Silver trial sharpens; judge blasts de Blasio → Read More
Attorney recalls meetings with Silver over rent regulation
Richard Runes said he was unaware that Silver was receiving referral fees → Read More