Joel Stashenko

December 31, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Securing appropriations for court operations and other legal programs in Albany and in Washington, D.C., are among the New York State Bar Association's highest legislative priorities for 2016.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

December 31, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The state Court of Appeals reconvenes Monday without a chief judge and one associate judge. The five-judge lineup represents the bare minimum with which the court can hold oral arguments.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

December 31, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A town court justice agreed to resign in the face of an investigation into whether she interceded on behalf of a DWI defendant in another court. The commission also said Wednesday another justice should be admonished for deciding a dangerous dog case without giving the animal's owner the opportunity to be heard.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

December 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A town court justice agreed to resign in the face of an investigation into whether she interceded on behalf of a DWI defendant in another court. The commission also said Wednesday another justice should be admonished for deciding a dangerous dog case without giving the animal's owner the opportunity to be heard.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

December 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

On Thursday, after steering the Third Branch for more than 25 years, Jonathan Lippman will step down as the leader of the state's most powerful court, the Court of Appeals, and as the court system's chief administrator, due to mandatory retirement rules.

By Joel Stashenko

13 minute read

December 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

As he wraps up his six-year, 10-month tenure on the state's highest court, it chafes Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman that he often is labeled a "liberal." He prefers to call himself a "principled pragmatist." Still, he said, "I would never mind being pigeon-holed as the ultimate defender of the individual liberties of our citizens."

By Joel Stashenko

8 minute read

December 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

On Thursday, after steering the Third Branch for more than 25 years, Jonathan Lippman will step down as the leader of the state's most powerful court, the Court of Appeals, and as the court system's chief administrator, due to mandatory retirement rules.

By Joel Stashenko

13 minute read

December 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Disciplinary committees in each of the four Appellate Division departments will continue investigating reports of attorney wrongdoing, and justices will review recommended sanctions, the OCA said. However, common procedures will be used by the committees, so that sanctions for similar kinds of wrongdoing will be consistent across the state.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

December 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

As he wraps up his six-year, 10-month tenure on the state's highest court, it chafes Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman that he often is labeled a "liberal." He prefers to call himself a "principled pragmatist." Still, he said, "I would never mind being pigeon-holed as the ultimate defender of the individual liberties of our citizens."

By Joel Stashenko

7 minute read

December 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

An upstate appeals panel has ordered a new trial for a defendant it says was not informed by the trial judge of the contents of a note sent by jurors before they found him guilty of burglary and grand larceny.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read