Joseph Nohavicka

Joseph Nohavicka

July 12, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Après Moi, Le Déluge: 'Writ Large'

Was use of "writ large" necessary to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's news release regarding her motion to impeach U.S. Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas?

By Joseph Nohavicka

4 minute read

February 07, 2019 | New York Law Journal

No Way for a Jurist to End 19 Years of Service 

To be treated this way by his peers and to have a brilliant judicial career capstoned with ignominy in this manner is disgraceful and saddening.

By Joseph Nohavicka

2 minute read

January 24, 2019 | New York Law Journal

So Much Depends on the Power to Dissent

The dissent “batting-average” rationale imposed upon our intermediate appellate courts in New York is computed using the devil's arithmetic; it is flawed and dangerous.

By Joseph Nohavicka

4 minute read

September 10, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals Reins in Excited Utterance Exception – A Little

Explaining to a client the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule that permits the statement of a person who cannot be cross-examined at trial is embarrassing, and for them, often frightening.

By Joseph Nohavicka

7 minute read