Rebecca Baker

December 07, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Representing the indigent deaf poses a host of legal challenges for Bruce and Liz Gitlin, a husband-and-wife team who run a public interest law firm in Manhattan. The couple recently scored their biggest legal victory—a settlement with New York City that requires it to provide interpreters in the city's homeless shelters, to train shelter employees and to install safety features.

By Rebecca Baker

10 minute read

December 07, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Representing the indigent deaf poses a host of legal challenges for Bruce and Liz Gitlin, a husband-and-wife team who run a public interest law firm in Manhattan. The couple recently scored their biggest legal victory—a settlement with New York City that requires it to provide interpreters in the city's homeless shelters, to train shelter employees and to install safety features.

By Rebecca Baker

10 minute read

October 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal

'United States v. Windsor,' which led Roberta Kaplan to the U.S. Supreme Court where she argued successfully to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, not only underscored Kaplan's reputation as one of the country's top litigators but also redefined her family.

By Rebecca Baker

5 minute read

October 13, 2015 | New York Law Journal

'United States v. Windsor,' which led Roberta Kaplan to the U.S. Supreme Court where she argued successfully to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, not only underscored Kaplan's reputation as one of the country's top litigators but also redefined her family.

By Rebecca Baker

5 minute read

June 22, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The Legal Services of the Hudson Valley has launched a project aimed at helping members of the LGBTQ community with issues such as changing their legal name and fighting discrimination.

By Rebecca Baker

2 minute read

June 19, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The Legal Services of the Hudson Valley has launched a project aimed at helping members of the LGBTQ community with issues such as changing their legal name and fighting discrimination.

By Rebecca Baker

2 minute read

April 24, 2015 | New York Law Journal

For the past 20 years, Barbara Finkelstein has been the face of civil legal services for low-income residents in the northern suburbs of New York City. She is the CEO of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, and has helped grow the agency from a single office with 20 employees in 1995 to a chain of eight offices with 120 employees and hundreds of part-time, pro bono attorneys.

By Rebecca Baker

10 minute read

April 24, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A Yonkers detective and a former police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to perjury charges for making false statements on a search warrant connected to a fatal 2014 drug raid.

By Rebecca Baker

2 minute read

April 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A Yonkers detective and a former police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to perjury charges for making false statements on a search warrant connected to a fatal 2014 drug raid.

By Rebecca Baker

2 minute read

April 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

For the past 20 years, Barbara Finkelstein has been the face of civil legal services for low-income residents in the northern suburbs of New York City. She is the CEO of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, and has helped grow the agency from a single office with 20 employees in 1995 to a chain of eight offices with 120 employees and hundreds of part-time, pro bono attorneys.

By Rebecca Baker

10 minute read