Jeff Storey

January 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal

District Attorney Richard Brown said that crimes targeting immigrants have been aggressively prosecuted by different bureaus in his office but, with immigrant policy changing at all levels of government, "there is an opportunity to do more."

By Jeff Storey

2 minute read

January 07, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus vetoed a local law Monday that would have authorized a sale or long-term lease of its shuttered County Government Center in Goshen, apparently averting a sanctions recommendation from the Office of Court Administration.

By Jeff Storey

2 minute read

January 06, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus vetoed a local law Monday that would have authorized a sale or long-term lease of its shuttered County Government Center in Goshen, apparently averting a sanctions recommendation from the Office of Court Administration.

By Jeff Storey

2 minute read

January 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

More than three years after two torrential summer storms shuttered the Orange County Government Center in Goshen, state officials warn that further delays in relocating evacuated courts to a repaired and renovated building are "unacceptable."

By Jeff Storey

5 minute read

December 12, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Donna Aldea ended a 15-year career as a prosecutor in April 2013 to become a partner at a prominent criminal defense and civil rights law firm. She discusses appellate advocacy, her toughest cases, switching to the defense, and her continuing work defending the pre-arraignment interview program of the Queens District Attorney's Office.

By Jeff Storey

18 minute read

November 19, 2014 | New York Law Journal

After acquiring a treasure trove of rare books and documents, the New York City Bar Association is turning back the clock and selling off much of the material in auction.

By Jeff Storey

6 minute read

November 04, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court is leaving in place a portion of a New York City law aimed at regulating crisis pregnancy centers that are run by anti-abortion organizations.

By Associated Press, Jeff Storey

2 minute read

October 29, 2014 | New York Law Journal

As the campaign for state attorney general enters its last days, incumbent Eric Schneiderman has been outspending his Republican rival John Cahill by a wide margin.

By Jeff Storey

1 minute read

October 17, 2014 | New York Law Journal

As rehearsals continued for the opening of the new season at the Metropolitan Opera, contract talks with the unions representing approximately 2,400 workers sounded some sour notes. Observers increasingly wondered if there would be a Met season at all. Playing a central role in the contentious process was Howard Robbins, a Proskauer Rose partner who counseled the Met's general manager.

By Jeff Storey

7 minute read

October 03, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Attorney Howard L. Bressler writes that in the summer of 2000, "life was good. Life was very good." Then he was diagnosed with cancer. Bressler, a special counsel at Kasowitz Benson, says that he refused to be defined by his illness. Lawyerlike, he began to research his life-threatening condition and strategies to beat it, which he writes about in "The Layman's Guide to Surviving Cancer: From Diagnosis Through Treatment and Beyond."

By Jeff Storey

15 minute read