Jeff Storey

June 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A 16-year-old girl with "multiple complex needs" who has been in and out of foster care most of her life has the right to be at a meeting where decisions will be made about her future, a Westchester County judge has ruled.

By Jeff Storey

4 minute read

June 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Third Department said that a Schnectady County prosecutor had gone beyond the "wide latitude" afforded prosecutors in their closing statements when he told a jury that a defendant had not provided "an innocent explanation" for his conduct or incriminating evidence at the scene of a robbery.

By Jeff Storey

3 minute read

May 27, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Lawyers often rely on consultants like Josh Dubin, whose Dubin Research & Consulting, in the words of its website, "crafts litigation strategy that translates into victories at trial." He discusses trial strategies, juror psychology, and some of the cases in which his work had a significant impact.

By Jeff Storey

15 minute read

March 31, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Shortly after she was sworn in, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore convened a marathon five-hour meeting at the Judicial Institute in White Plains, the first step in what she said in her first interview would be a "muscular" new initiative to curb backlogs and other "troublesome" inefficiencies in court operations.

By Jeff Storey

8 minute read

January 12, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In "Period. New Paragraph," the camera follows real estate attorney Herbert Kramer as he closes down his office, packing up the "unbelievable" amount of paper he has accumulated over the decades.

By Jeff Storey

7 minute read

January 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In "Period. New Paragraph," the camera follows real estate attorney Herbert Kramer as he closes down his office, packing up the "unbelievable" amount of paper he has accumulated over the decades.

By Jeff Storey

7 minute read

January 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Simpson Thacher partner discusses the firm's pro bono work on the case of Reggie Clemons, who was sentenced to death in connection with the 1991 deaths of two young girls. Levine argued Clemons' case in the Missouri Supreme Court, which recently vacated the conviction and sentence.

By Jeff Storey

8 minute read

January 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed Justice Gerald Whalen as presiding justice of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, replacing Justice Henry Scudder, who has reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.

By Jeff Storey

2 minute read

January 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Simpson Thacher partner discusses the firm's pro bono work on the case of Reggie Clemons, who was sentenced to death in connection with the 1991 deaths of two young girls. Levine argued Clemons' case in the Missouri Supreme Court, which recently vacated the conviction and sentence.

By Jeff Storey

8 minute read

January 07, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed Justice Gerald Whalen as presiding justice of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, replacing Justice Henry Scudder, who has reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.

By Jeff Storey

2 minute read