It was a cold, miserable Saturday in January when Joseph Midiri noticed the large trash receptacle parked in front of a law office in downtown Albany. The family practice had disbanded, and Midiri feared that many of the firm’s law ...

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Steve Butcher Sr., a long-time local real estate attorney, is not the guy he used to be. He suggests that some people reading this article may be surprised at how much he’s changed as he explains his mission work in ...

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Rochester attorney Salvatore J. Marcera Jr., 53, who was convicted of filing a false income tax return, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr. to five years’ probation, including one year of home confinement. Marcera, ...

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Lisa M. Yaeger, 50, of Buffalo, who was convicted of submitting false documents to the Internal Revenue Service, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to time served and six months supervised release. Yaeger, according to Assistant ...

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Alisa A. Lukasiewicz, special counsel in the Buffalo office of Phillips Lytle LLP, was a guest recently on On Target, a radio program hosted by state Supreme Court Justice Penny Wolfgang. The two discussed bullying prevention and The Dignity Act, ...

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Photographs of the back of George Zimmerman’s bloody head, the call he made to police, the 911 call and other pieces of evidence were brought out up front in opening statements at his trial this past summer. It was a ...

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Syracuse attorney John A. Cirando will receive the 2013 Onondaga County Bar Association’s Distinguished Lawyer Award at the association’s annual dinner Oct. 17 at Traditions at the Links in East Syracuse. Guests will include the Hon. Henry J. Scudder, presiding ...

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Attorney Patrick S. Egan had no work email, and didn’t particularly seem to need one. His legal secretary of more than 30 years, Sandra Burnham, brought her computer from home. The day he finally broke down and bought a fax ...

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The trial of George Zimmerman occupies less space in the national conscience than it did a month ago after the verdict came in, but it has been a major part of defense attorney Don West’s life for the past 15 ...

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The Appellate Division, Fourth Department will take a second look at a recent appeal, on a rare order of the state Court of Appeals. The case involves a Buffalo man who claimed he did not get a fair trial because ...

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Reigning U.S. Monopoly champion and Phillips Lytle LLC attorney Richard J. Marinaccio is a happy game player. Toymaker Hasbro announced that a nearly month-long Facebook poll will result in retirement of the iron game piece and addition of a cat ...

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A father will not be able to have his attorney present when he undergoes a court-ordered psychological evaluation in a contested custody case, a Monroe County Supreme Court justice has ruled. In M.A.M. v. M.R.M. (2012 NY Slip Op 52299[U]), ...

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