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Federal courts again face the prospect of “devastating” budget cuts affecting individual and business litigants if Congress allows re-implementation of “the sequester” across-the-board cuts to the 2016 federal budget, warn the presidents of 17 bar associations in New York. The ...
Read More »Buzard elected to ABA board
A. Vincent Buzard, co-leader of the Harris Beach Appellate Practice Group, is serving on the American Bar Association’s Board of Governors. He was elected during the 2015 annual meeting in Chicago July 30-Aug. 4, 2015 and is one of ...
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Read More »NY attorney discipline system under review
Three attorneys Tuesday told a panel studying the state’s attorney discipline process that “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” at least in the Fourth Department. Three non-attorney citizens, however, believe is it broke and requires more transparency. They were ...
Read More »Klein assumes role as president-elect of ABA
Linda Klein, the managing shareholder in Baker Donelson’s Georgia offices, assumed the role of president-elect of the 400,000 member American Bar Association Tuesday at the conclusion of the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago. She will serve a one-year term as ...
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Read More »NYSBA honored by ABA for promoting diversity
The New York State Bar Association has been selected as the winner of a 2015 American Bar Association Partnership Award for promoting diversity in the legal profession. The state bar’s Youth Law Day program, sponsored by the Committee on Diversity ...
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Read More »New venue for Art of Lawyering fundraiser
Volunteer Legal Services of Monroe County Inc. is hosting its biennial Art of Lawyering event on Oct. 7 in a new venue. Previously held at VLSP’s offices in the Telesca Center in downtown Rochester, the event is moving to Village ...
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Read More »Lippman ushers in new era of lawyer licensing
The uniform bar examination will be fully adopted by New York state, beginning with the July 2016 test, Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman announced today. “New York’s carefully considered decision to adopt the UBE is a huge step towards a ...
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Read More »Buffalo Law Day includes Magna Carta speaker
Jonathan Smithers, vice president of the Law Society of England and Wales, will deliver the keynote address at the Bar Association of Erie County’s 2015 Law Day Luncheon. The program begins at noon Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. Tickets ...
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Read More »Attorney memorial service planned
The Monroe County Bar Association will conduct its annual memorial service Friday in honor of attorneys who died in the past year. The service, presided over by Judge Craig J. Doran, administrative judge of the Seventh Judicial District, will be ...
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Read More »Phillips Lytle partner to address NYSBA
Mark J. Moretti, a partner with Phillips Lytle LLP, will speak at a New York State Bar Association Trial Lawyers Section Diversity Committee seminar on Sept. 23 at Syracuse University College of Law. Moretti will participate in a program titled ...
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Read More »National Bar Association files suit against Ferguson, police
The National Bar Association filed suit Monday against the City of Ferguson and the Ferguson Police Department for delayed action and failure to comply with Missouri Sunshine Law. The bar association’s suit follows an earlier lawsuit filed by the ACLU ...
Read More »RBBA members encouraged to join AFC program
They may be small in stature, but a lot of children have big problems requiring professional legal help. Whether it is a custody or visitation matter, child protective proceedings, juvenile delinquency or Person In Need of Supervision, lawyers in the ...
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