Jeff Storey

October 03, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Federal prosecutors are opposing a 98-year-old retired school teacher's motion to have her record wiped clean of what she insists was an unjust 1950 conviction for obstructing the investigation of Soviet atomic spying.

By Jeff Storey

4 minute read

August 29, 2014 | Law.com

The 98-year-old retired math teacher who walked into the Manhattan federal courthouse on Monday says she has never forgotten that she is a convicted felon.

By Jeff Storey

11 minute read

August 15, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Forget the image you may have of the hard-boiled private eye waiting in a seedy office for clients to show up. A former assistant U.S. attorney who runs an independent investigative firm discusses the current state of the industry, the techniques and types of work they do, and what qualities make a good investigator.

By Jeff Storey

11 minute read

July 25, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Want to know where Judge Joseph Force Crater had his last meal before disappearing forever? Robert Pigott can tell you. His just-completed book, "New York's Legal Landmarks: A Guide to Legal Edifices, Institutions, Lore, History and Curiosities on the City's Streets," is stuffed with such trivia and more momentous events besides.

By Jeff Storey

11 minute read

May 30, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Proskauer Rose partner Neal Schelberg describes himself as "an ERISA nuts and bolts man." He has spent most of his professional life opining on the act's requirements, and this year is chairman of the U.S. Labor Department's ERISA Advisory Council. Here he discusses ERISA, the work of the council and how issues such as same gender marriage and health care reform are impacting the employee benefits area.

By Jeff Storey

10 minute read

May 16, 2014 | New York Law Journal

More than 20 years after leaving Long Island, former Suffolk County Court Judge Stuart Namm is back with a book explaining how he says he became a "pariah" and was driven from the bench after he took the unusual step of writing to Gov. Mario Cuomo with allegations of botched police investigations and manufactured testimony.

By Jeff Storey

11 minute read

April 25, 2014 | New York Law Journal

David Meister, who recently rejoined Skadden Arps after serving as director of enforcement for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Corpration, reflects on the CFTC's mission, his tenure there, and the well-trodden path between big law partnership and government service.

By Jeff Storey

12 minute read

February 21, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The Debevoise & Plimpton litigator led a team of lawyers who used a novel argument to secure the release of Ibrahim Idris, one of five detainees at Guantanamo Bay the firm represented, who was reunited with his family in his native Sudan in December 2013.

By Jeff Storey

11 minute read

February 07, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The Second Department justice had not been a western history buff before a family trip to Montana. But he was intrigued by monuments and exhibits he saw on the once lawless frontier territory, an interest that eventually led to the publication of his first book, "The Montana Vigilantes: 1863-1870: Gold, Guns, and Gallows."

By Jeff Storey

9 minute read

December 31, 2013 | New York Law Journal

The outgoing New York City corporation counsel discusses his tenure and approach to defending the city, changes to the Law Department over the last 12 years, tort reform, the merit selection of judges, and more.

By Jeff Storey

12 minute read