RBBA releases judicial evaluations
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 17, 2012
Tags: evaluations, Judicial Candidate, Rochester Black Bar Association
The Rochester Black Bar Association has completed its evaluation of the 2012 judicial candidates. As with prior years, rating options include a qualification rating and a rating for racial/diversity sensitivity. The qualification scale includes the following options: HQ-highly qualified, Q-qualified and U-unqualified. The racial/diversity sensitivity scale includes: HS-high sensitivity, MS-moderate sensitivity and LS-low sensitivity. Accordingly, [...]
‘Pro bono’ requirement draws mixed reaction 
By Denise M. Champagne
POSTED: May 9, 2012
Tags: Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, pro bono, requirement, State Bar
If any member of the legal profession is required to provide free services, one Rochester attorney plans to quit doing pro bono work as a form of protest. Andrew J. Dick, a solo practitioner, said Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman’s plan to require 50 hours of pro bono service for admission to the state bar is [...]
VLSP volunteer attorney honored by NYSBA
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 8, 2012
Tags: attorney, honor, NYSBA, volunteer, Volunteer Legal Services Project
Rochester attorney Lucien A. Morin II was honored last week when the New York State Bar Association presented its 2012 President’s Pro Bono Service Awards at its annual Law Day luncheon at the State Bar Center in Albany. Lucien, a partner at McConville, Considine, Cooman & Morin PC, was nominated by Sheila A. Gaddis, executive [...]
Hofstra law student wins bar foundation fellowship
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 1, 2012
Tags: fellowship, Hofstra student, New York Bar Foundation
Jonathan Riddix, a law student at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, is the 2012 recipient of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section Minority Summer Fellowship, The New York Bar Foundation announced today. As the recipient of the $6,000 fellowship, Riddix will work this summer in the chambers of New York [...]
Women’s bar association releases evaluations
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 1, 2012
Tags: GRAWA, judicial evaluations
The Judicial Evaluation Committee of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys has released its evaluation of seven judicial candidates running for seats on the state Supreme Court, Monroe County Family Court and Rochester City Court. Each was found qualified or highly qualified: New York State Supreme Court, Seventh Judicial District (two seats) Judge David [...]
NY Bar Foundation awards $450,000 in grants
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 24, 2012
Tags: grants, New York Bar Foundation
Sixty-seven organizations across New York State have received grants totaling $450,000, the New York Bar Foundation announced today. “We are pleased to support law-related projects that benefit individuals, families and communities in New York state,” said Bar Foundation President M. Catherine Richardson of Syracuse (Bond, Schoeneck & King). “These grants help organizations fulfill their missions [...]
Erie bar’s Law Day to feature NYSBA president
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 24, 2012
Tags: Bar Association of Erie County, keynote, Law Day, luncheon, Vincent E. Doyle III
Buffalo attorney Vincent E. Doyle III, president of the New York State Bar Association, will deliver the keynote address at the Bar Association of Erie County’s 2012 Law Day luncheon on Monday at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. The luncheon will begin at noon. Tickets are $25. The event is open to the public; call (716) [...]
Panel talks on importance of independent judiciary
By Denise M. Champagne
POSTED: April 23, 2012
Tags: ABA President William "Bill" Robinson III, independent judiciary, MCBA, panel
A fair and independent judiciary is the cornerstone of America’s constitutional democracy, according to John J. Postel, deputy administrator in charge of the Rochester office of the state Commission on Judicial Conduct. Postel said an independent judiciary means one that is free of outside influence and control. He said it sets the tone for the [...]
MCBA reports 2012 judicial evaluations
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 19, 2012
Tags: judicial evaluations, MCBA
The Monroe County Bar Association has released the rating results of six people it has evaluated this year who are seeking judgeships for New York State Supreme Court, Monroe County Family Court and Rochester City Court. The association also re-released two ratings from 2010. The ratings are as follows: Supreme Court • The Hon. David [...]
MCBA announces directors to LawNY board
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 17, 2012
Tags: directors, LawNY board, MCBA
The Monroe County Bar Association announced the appointment of three new directors to the Legal Assistance of Western New York board of directors. The directors were appointed at the MCBA Executive Committee meeting on April 10. Attorneys Natasha Noras, Christopher D. Thomas and J. Scott Odorisi are joining the LawNY Board for their first three-year [...]
MCBA announces Corporate Challenge
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 16, 2012
Tags: Corporate Challenge, MCBA
The Monroe County Bar Association is continuing the tradition of bringing the legal community together under one tent for the 2012 Corporate Challenge to raise money for the local Red Cross. Attorneys in firms, the courts, legal service providers and in-house counsel are welcome to share a tent. The 3.5-mile team event will be held [...]
Jazz for Justice a hit
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 30, 2012
Tags: Foundation of the Monroe County Bar, fundraiser, Jazz For Justice
Jimmy Paulino gets a lift from the Jazz For Justice volunteers. More than 200 attorneys, family and friends came together to raise about $26,000 at the fundraiser for the Foundation of the Monroe County Bar, held March 23 at the Harro East Ballroom.
