Jonathan Lippman

December 22, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A massive $300 million budget cut to New York's court system has forced Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and state court leaders to make hard choices, including that of declining to extend the judicial service of 46 retired trial and appellate judges. I believe they chose wisely in the interest of delivering equal justice in our courts.

By Jonathan Lippman

5 minute read

December 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Christopher Harris, Jonathan Lippman, Gregory Mortenson and Nicole Valco provide an overview of the recent and potential additional rule changes in the Commercial Division, how they complement previous changes, and how they further the Commercial Division's aim of providing an attractive and hospitable forum for the fair and timely resolution of complicated commercial disputes from around the globe.

By Christopher Harris, Jonathan Lippman, Gregory Mortenson and Nicole Valco

8 minute read

September 26, 2016 | National Law Journal

Fordham, Stanford and other institutions are working to lessen the legal system's limitations.

By Jonathan Lippman, Matthew Diller and David Udell

11 minute read

May 01, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York, tracks our system of grand juries back to provisions in the Magna Carta.

By Jonathan Lippman

6 minute read

April 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York, tracks our system of grand juries back to provisions in the Magna Carta.

By Jonathan Lippman

6 minute read

January 26, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York, writes about New York's possible adoption of the Uniform Bar Exam.

By Jonathan Lippman

7 minute read

January 22, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York, writes about New York's possible adoption of the Uniform Bar Exam.

By Jonathan Lippman

7 minute read

May 01, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the state of New York, writes: Barriers to voting threaten the very foundations of our democracy and weaken our government and our society.

By Jonathan Lippman

7 minute read

January 27, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York, writes about recently recommended rule changes and strategies that would enable in-house attorneys to provide pro bono legal services on behalf of the poor in New York.

By Jonathan Lippman

6 minute read

October 30, 2013 | New York Law Journal

At the time of the Law Journal's founding, Chief Judge William Ruger of Syracuse was confronted with calendar congestion so severe at the Court of Appeals that the state Constitution was amended to permit the governor to temporarily designate seven Supreme Court justices to form a second division of that court in order to clear the backlog.

By Jonathan Lippman

10 minute read