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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to a compromise on a restrictive Indiana abortion law that keeps the issue off its docket for now. The court said a part of the law dealing with disposal of the “remains” of ...

Jennifer Aronson-Jovcevski always knew she would be a lawyer, but she had to figure out what practice area to focus on. “I always knew that I wanted to go to law school, but I didn’t want to go directly from ...

After graduating from Union College with a history degree, Kyle Riter considered two career options: teaching or law school. Although he gave teaching a shot, his earlier exposure to the legal profession with then-state Supreme Court Justice William P. Polito ...

Trusts and estates law has a reputation for being a rather dull and static practice area. But Graham Leonard, an associate at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, considers the field “quite a dynamic practice.” Lawmakers in some states are considering ...

She’s traveled the globe, and spent a decade in the nation’s capital, including a stint working for a prestigious international law firm, but when Mary Moore and her husband started to raise a family, they came home to Rochester. “It ...

The Monroe County Bar Association has scheduled a full slate of events to celebrate Law Week — April 29 through May 3. A CLE called the “Nuts and Bolts of Wills” is scheduled for 12:15 to 2 p.m. Monday in ...

A fifth Florida man has pleaded guilty to charges involving a scheme to defraud Xerox Corp. of more than $20 million in toner supplies. Robert Fisher of Daytona, Fla., pleaded guilty before US District Court Judge Elizabeth Wolford Friday in ...

The Daily Record has named its 2019 Excellence in Law Award winners, recognizing 38 members of the legal community for their outstanding work. “This year’s Excellence in Law honorees are exceptional. Not only are they professionally accomplished, but they are ...

Thomas F. Walsh decided on a career in environmental law just as the practice area was first emerging. A Syracuse native, the managing director of the Rochester office of Barclay Damon LLP received a bachelor of science degree in 1977 ...

Ever since he took a constitutional law class at Allendale Columbia School, there was never any real doubt about Peter J. Gregory’s career choice. Inspired by the class and the head of the upper school, who was a former attorney, ...

Katerina Kramarchyk was pretty much set on becoming a doctor, until she realized she would have to dissect a cadaver in medical school. So in her junior year at Stony Brook University, after re-evaluating her talents and interests, Kramarchyk decided to become ...

J.U.S.T. L.A.W., a new initiative launched at the start of the current school year to promote better understanding between court officials and city youth, held an awards ceremony at the Hall of Justice on Thursday to recognize 12 middle-school students ...