Acting state Supreme Court Justice Richard A. Dollinger has decided that a well-educated but unemployed man facing jail time for contempt in a child custody case does not qualify for an appointed counsel because he has the potential to earn ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Public defenders are calling Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s state funding proposal a Band-Aid solution to funding gaps for their offices. A coalition of county leaders, clergy and national criminal defense groups Tuesday urged Cuomo to increase ...

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While state Supreme Court Justice Richard Dollinger is requiring a defendant, in one case, to prove that he qualifies for an appointed attorney at no cost, the Fourth Department found that the same man qualifies for an appointed counsel in ...

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The two main players in the local publicly funded defense community are disappointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s veto of a bill that would have shifted the cost of such work from the county to the state. “We think that counties ...

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Volunteer attorneys are needed to help with a new program to provide legal advice to pro se litigants in U.S. District Court in Rochester. The program is expected to start in mid-February, with a CLE session to prepare volunteers tentatively ...

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A bill in the New York State Legislature that could shift millions of dollars in costs for legal services to the poor from counties to the state is picking up steam. Currently, the state provides about 20 percent of the ...

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