Joel Stashenko

January 14, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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July 30, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lewis Bart Stone yesterday left in place all but 13 counts of a 90-count indictment against Henry "Hank" Morris, a one-time political adviser to former state comptroller Alan Hevesi who earned millions in fees for steering to clients investments from a huge public employee pension fund administered solely by Mr. Hevesi.

By Joel Stashenko

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October 23, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Five public defenders in one upstate county are being asked to do what should be the work of 12 attorneys, according to the first profile of indigent legal services in 10 New York counties commissioned by the New York State Defenders Association. The group will release the studies of the other nine counties in the coming weeks in the hope of persuading Governor Eliot Spitzer and the Legislature to fund the creation of a statewide agency to handle legal services for the poor.

By Joel Stashenko

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May 29, 2007 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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June 20, 2008 | New York Law Journal

A tentative agreement was reached last night to allow the administrative board of the state court system to promulgate standardized jury selection rules for civil trials throughout New York state. The agreement between the Office of Court Administration and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association was subject to a few final details, Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau and Jeff S. Korek, president of the trial lawyers group, confirmed.

By Joel Stashenko

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June 01, 2007 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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November 13, 2007 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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August 02, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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August 16, 2010 | New York Law Journal

New York became the last state in the nation to offer no-fault divorce Sunday, with Governor David Paterson announcing that he had approved the controversial measure, which has been debated for decades. The law, which applies to all divorce filings from now on, provides that one spouse can receive a divorce by declaring under oath that a marriage has been "irretrievably" broken for at least six months.

By Joel Stashenko

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August 12, 2008 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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