This is my last column as president of the MCBA. Usually, the president’s last column is a retrospective look back at the events, programs and achievements of the prior year. But we are not in ordinary times and the last ...
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As the Rochester region looks forward to a gradual reopening, the legal profession and the justice system face profound challenges. The shutdown has wrought changes that impact virtually every aspect of the legal system. The closure of state courts has ...
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When I wrote my last column, in late February, I could not have foreseen the maelstrom coming at us that has changed our lives so fundamentally. Just a few weeks later, new terms and phrases now pepper our conversations: confinement, ...
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Last week, we lost a hometown hero and legal legend — U.S. District Judge Michael Telesca. It is hard to find a lawyer in Rochester who does not have a story about how Judge Telesca said or did something kind ...
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This month, I am turning again to the question of why the Rochester legal community is such a special place to practice law. One reason is that Rochester lawyers are willing to take on community issues, often under the leadership ...
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Happy New Year! Unexpectedly, the final week of 2019 was not the usually uneventful lull between the holidays. First, the legal community was jolted with the startling announcement that now-former Justice Matthew Rosenbaum would decline to take office for a ...
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The few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are always jam-packed with a mixture of legal work, school events and holiday celebrations. In our law firms, practices and personal lives, we look back on the year that is almost over and ...
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One of the signature programs of the Monroe County Bar Association is Lawyers for Learning. For 25 years, the MCBA has had a robust partnership supporting Adlai E. Stevenson School 29. That support has taken a number of forms, from ...
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Lately, I have been thinking about the unique attributes of the Rochester legal community. Many years ago, when I was interviewing at what was then Nixon Hargrave for a summer clerk position, Bob Witmer told me that Rochester was a ...
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The calendar may say the year starts in January, but we all know that the circle of professional and personal lives “starts” in September. A new school year, a new crop of law school graduates enters the profession, the Monroe ...
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Among certain segments of the legal profession, there is a sentiment that bar associations are not relevant to them as individuals. The argument goes something like this: “I’m not a litigator, so I don’t need to hear what judges say,” ...
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Many have asked me why I would want to serve as president of the Monroe County Bar Association. There are only so many hours in a day to accommodate professional demands and other community boards as well as eating, family ...
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