Access to justice for low-income individuals is a troubling topic, and there is no Gideon on the civil side of the justice system to ensure representation as Gideon v. Wainright, 372 US 335 (1963) does for criminal defendants. The ...

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Monroe County Bar Association officials are hoping to find out in the coming year exactly why Republicans are refusing to participate in the Bar’s judicial candidate evaluation process. Monroe County Republican Chairman Bill Reilich sent a letter to the Bar ...

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Mark Moretti is cautious about setting overly ambitious goals for the coming year as president of the Monroe County Bar Association. But that doesn’t mean he won’t take on some important issues. “When every Bar leader comes in they want ...

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Kevin Ryan, the current director of education and communication at the Vermont Bar Association, has been named executive director of the Monroe County Bar Association. Ryan will start working remotely for the MCBA on a part-time basis on April 11 ...

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The Monroe County Bar Association has released its ratings of seven judicial candidates. State Supreme Court: Charles A. Schiano  Jr., highly qualified Monroe County Court: Melissa L. Barrett, qualified Matthew D. Nafus, highly qualified Samuel L. Valleriani, qualified Monroe County ...

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Two grants totaling $10,000 have been awarded to the Foundation of the Monroe County Bar Association from the U.S District Court for the Western District of New York. The grants will be used to increase diversity in the Rochester legal ...

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Curtis Johnson, chairman of the Monroe County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section, with Jane Marie Brown (left), a law clerk in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York, and Chloe Krouse, also a law clerk for the ...

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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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  The Senior Attorneys Committee of the Monroe County Bar Association recently hosted executives of the National Fire Adjustment Company at the Telesca Center for Justice, where they spoke on first party insurance. The topic was “First Party Insurance – ...

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The Monroe County Bar Association has released the 2015 rating results of nine individuals seeking judgeships for New York State Supreme Court, Monroe County Family Court and Rochester City Court. The ratings are as follows: NYS Supreme Court The Hon. Craig ...

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The Monroe County Bar Association’s judicial candidate evaluation surveys were sent out this week. The survey will close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Candidates running for judicial office are: • New York State Supreme Court: The Hon. Craig ...

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The Monroe County Bar Association’s judicial candidate evaluation surveys were sent out this week. Anyone who did not receive one by Wednesday can contact Liz Novak at (585) 546-1817 for a new link, after checking spam and quarantine folders. Also ...

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