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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has nominated Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore to be New York’s chief judge. DiFiore, Westchester’s top prosecutor for nearly a decade, would replace Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, who is 70 and who must retire after this ...
Read More »Silver, ex-Speaker, convicted in corruption trial
NEW YORK — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once one of New York’s most powerful politicians, was convicted Monday of charges that he traded favors to earn $5 million illegally and then lied about it. The Manhattan federal ...
Read More »U.S. District Court names Loewenguth clerk
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York has reached out to the Monroe County Bar Association for its new clerk of court, announcing on Tuesday the appointment of the 2,000-member organization’s executive director to the job. ...
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Read More »Pittsford to appoint new town justice
The Pittsford Town Board is looking for candidates who are interested in being a town justice. The board-chosen appointee will replace Town Justice William K. Taylor, who takes office as a State Supreme Court justice Jan. 1, 2016. The Pittsford Town ...
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Read More »Helping terror suspects return to society
WASHINGTON — In the last two months, two Minnesota men have admitted they plotted to travel to Syria to fight alongside the Islamic State, a New Jersey man pleaded guilty to helping his brother fly to the Middle East to ...
Read More »Candidates vie for spot on state Supreme Court bench
One race voters will decide today is for state Supreme Court, 7th judicial district. A total of eight candidates, including three who are current judges in other courts, are running for four openings. Terms on the Supreme Court are 14 ...
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Read More »High Court troubled by DA’s rejection of black jurors
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court signaled support Monday for a black death row inmate in Georgia who claims prosecutors improperly kept African-Americans off the jury that convicted him of killing a white woman. Justice Stephen Breyer likened the chief ...
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Read More »Two vie for new Monroe County Family Court seat
An additional seat is being added to the bench in Monroe County Family Court, and two attorneys are hoping to claim it. Maritza Buitrago and James A. Vazzana, both residents of the Town of Penfield, are on the ballot for ...
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Read More »COA decides on adverse inference without recordings
New York’s highest court is considering whether judges must tell jurors they can make an adverse inference when police don’t make audiovisual recordings of their interrogations. Janet C. Somes, an assistant Monroe County public defender, argued before the Court of ...
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Read More »Vilardo ready to serve on WNY bench
The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Buffalo attorney Lawrence J. Vilardo as a federal judge in U.S. District Court in Buffalo. Vilardo’s nomination was confirmed by a vote of 88-0. He could be sworn in at any time now. “Most ...
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Read More »Magistrates Association holds annual dinner
Judge Donald J. Mark on Saturday received the Monroe County Magistrates Association’s 2015 James E. Morris Award at its annual dinner on Saturday at The City Grill in Rochester. Judge Mark, who has been a judge in state Supreme Court, ...
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Read More »Justice Dept. expands cybercrime reach into southeast Asia
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is broadening its overseas efforts against cybercrime, for the first time stationing a legal adviser in Malaysia to help ensure Southeast Asian countries have the laws and tools to fight hackers. The position is intended ...
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