Phil Albinus

September 28, 2016 | International Edition

Justice William Blair, judge in charge of the Commercial Court, discusses the introduction of the new Financial List

By Phil Albinus

4 minute read

September 28, 2016 | Legal Week

Justice William Blair, judge in charge of the Commercial Court, discusses the introduction of the new Financial List

By Phil Albinus

4 minute read

September 28, 2016 | New York Law Journal

As business disputes grow in size and complexity, would a specialized court with judges who are experts in the matters, and who could speed up rulings and appeals, be a good idea in the United States? That was among the topics at a discussion given last week by The Hon. Mr. Justice Blair at the Times Square offices of Brown Rudnick.

By Phil Albinus

11 minute read

September 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In her office, Hannah Sholl keeps a framed copy of a judicial order from a case that is dear to the Holwell Shuster & Goldberg counsel. It pertains to an accusation sought by the state against a mother named Jarayha Wolf.

By Phil Albinus

10 minute read

September 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

On the first day of his legal career, Mitchell Karlan found his lifelong passion for pro bono work. "After my first year of law school I got a job working for minimum wage for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund," said Karlan, remembering his student days at Columbia University.

By Phil Albinus

12 minute read

September 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Graffeo said she stayed in government service for most of her career "because my jobs became more interesting at each turn." Among the most interesting was serving for 14 years as a judge on New York state's highest court.

By Phil Albinus

14 minute read

September 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Boies balances his pro bono cases with those of powerful corporate clients including CBS, the National Football League, Oracle, NASCAR and the New York Yankees.

By Phil Albinus

21 minute read

September 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Prudenti steadily became a leader in the courts and a trailblazer for women in the judiciary. In 2011, she was named state chief administrative judge by then-Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman.

By Phil Albinus

14 minute read

September 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

"Make the impossible possible." This motto has served James well in his 42-year legal career at the Legal Aid Society and his two years at the New York State Bar Association.

By Phil Albinus

11 minute read

September 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Malloy has expanded the scope of the Southern District's pro bono program, so pro se defendants can have limited representation during discovery and in mediation—reducing the time required to serve defendants in pro se cases. She also has proposed and endorsed updated procedures for the transmission of notice of complaint to the defendant electronically.

By Phil Albinus

5 minute read