GRAWA breakfast with Judge Kaye
Retired New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye with Meghan Lynch and GRAWA President Kari Smoker at a Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys’ breakfast event on May 16 at Nixon Peabody LLP. Judge Kaye spoke on women’s progress in the legal profession and the Judicial Commission on Justice for Children, of which [...]
Case Digests
- Second Circuit — Sentencing: United States v. Rood
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WDNY — Probable Cause: Yevstifeev v. Steve, et al.
- Court of Appeals — Workers’ Compensation: Schmidt v. Falls Dodge Inc., et al.
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Fourth Department — Custody Agreement: Mathewson v. Sessler
- Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Surrogate Court: Opinion 11-43
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Judge Kaye shares her thoughts with GRAWA
The Hon. Judith S. Kaye acknowledged that women working in the legal field have many difficulties to overcome. “Everything is more difficult for us. Recognize it and deal with it,” she said, addressing a group of more than 50 members of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys at a breakfast reception on May 16. [...]
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