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The American Bar Association announced the theme for this year’s Law Day as “Toward a more perfect union: The Constitution in times of change.”
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Read More »Legal community to celebrate Law Day
Law Day webinar is Thursday
On May 1, the legal community will celebrate Law Day with the theme: Your Vote, Your Voice, Our Democracy: The 19th Amendment at 100. The Monroe County Bar Association will kick off its celebration of Law Day with an online ...
Read More »2019 Law Week Awards Reception
The 2019 Law Week Awards Reception was held May 2 at the Strathallan Hotel. Honorees included: Outstanding Jurist Award – Hon. Craig J. Doran The Raymond J. Pauley Award – Cynthia L. Snodgrass Charles F. Crimi Award – Janet C. ...
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Read More »Awards announced for Bar Association of Erie County
The Bar Association of Erie County will honor community members on Law Day at a luncheon to be held on May 1 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Buffalo. Melinda G. Disare, president of the Bar Association, will present the ...
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Read More »‘Law Week’ events planned by Bar Association
The Monroe County Bar Association’s year’s Law Day celebration will take place over the course of a week this year. The “Law Week” celebration will have a past, present and future theme. The “past” theme will be embodied in a ...
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Read More »The Monroe County Bar Association’s Law Day luncheon was held Tuesday at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center
MCBA President’s Message: 14th Amendment protects Americans’ freedom
The 14th Amendment was enacted in 1868 in the aftermath of the Civil War. In what had been a fierce and ongoing constitutional battle between state rights and federal power, the 14th Amendment in essence made the federal courts the ...
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Read More »Commentary: 14th Amendment remade Constitution, defined citizenship
Today we celebrate the Fourteenth Amendment, which has become the heart of the constitutional system within which we live and practice our profession. Our constitution (lower case because I’m talking not about the document itself but about the makeup of ...
Read More »Adolph J. Rodenbeck Award: Frank Geraci’s legal career marked by innovative programs
The spacious office of U.S. District Court Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci is filled with countless mementos of his nearly 40-year career. On one shelf are souvenirs of his beloved Boston Red Sox and another holds a sign that marked ...
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Read More »MCBA Foundation’s Humanitarian Award: Thomas G. Smith honored for leadership
Thomas G. Smith developed a reputation for excellence as a trial lawyer who represented businesses, professionals, and trade associations in the courtroom. However, some of his best work — Humpty Dumpty v. The Greatwall Construction Company, for example — remains ...
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Read More »Outstanding Jurist Award: Richard Dollinger’s writing skill complements his judicial career
If Richard Dollinger’s application to be a reporter for a major newspaper such as the New York Times had been successful, he may never have gone on to become a lawyer, a New York Supreme Court justice and winner of ...
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Read More »James R. Boyle Award: Lorna Affronti finds calling as advocate for children
When Lorna Affronti began her career as a one-woman family law practice in 1998, she made a decision that has shaped her career, her life and the lives of many children: She became a member of both the Monroe County ...
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