The New York State Bar Association has named David R. Watson to serve as the next executive director of the 75,000-member Association. He is currently executive director of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. “We are delighted that Dave Watson has ...
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Read More »Although he plans to continue efforts to lobby state legislators on the critical need for authorizing 20 new Family Court judges by the end of the month, David M. Schraver’s one-year term as president of the New York State Bar ...
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Read More »A series of New York State Bar Association radio announcements — one on the need for a will and the other on the importance of civics education — hit airwaves across upstate New York this week. President David M. Schraver ...
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A legal fight is being considered by the New York State Bar Association to overturn a new judicial rule requiring mandatory reporting of pro bono hours and disclosure of financial contributions to legal services organizations. President David M. Schraver of ...
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Read More »Twelve attorneys from Phillips Lytle LLP were honored by the New York State Bar Association for their pro bono work under the auspices of the Empire State Counsel Program. Established in 2006, the Empire State Council Program gives special recognition ...
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Attorneys are going to have to learn to be more innovative if they expect to survive in the changing legal profession. “The world is crying out for innovation,” Bruce MacEwen, a lawyer and law firm consultant told legal professionals Wednesday ...
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Former Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye is the inaugural recipient of the Distinguished Jurist Award, given by the Judicial Section of the New York State Bar Association. The award honors a jurist who embodies the highest ideals of the Judicial ...
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Louis A. Craco, who has spent a 55-year legal career promoting professionalism and ethics in the profession, has been honored with the New York State Bar Association’s highest honor, the Gold Medal. State bar President David M. Schraver of Rochester ...
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Read More »WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday asked lawyers around the country to help some drug prisoners prepare petitions for clemency, a dramatic expansion of President Barack Obama’s action last month commuting the sentences of eight people he said were ...
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Read More »The Hon. Victoria A. Graffeo, senior associate judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, is the 2014 recipient of the Excellence in Public Service Award, given by the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Attorneys in Public ...
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Read More »The Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association has recognized U.S. District Court Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of the Southern District of New York with its Stanley H. Fuld Award. The award, named for the ...
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Read More »The New York State Bar Association’s 137th annual meeting will feature discussions on legal education, the future of the legal profession, social media and Internet security, and the need for greater civics education. More than 4,000 attorneys are expected to ...
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