Rebecca Baker

June 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

William J. Madonna gained recognition as the attorney for the Pelham Parkway Preservation Alliance, working to preserve dozens of trees near and along Pelham Parkway from destruction during a city road project. His unexpected passing has left the legal community in the Bronx and elsewhere in shock.

By Rebecca Baker

7 minute read

June 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

An acting state Supreme Court justice has been admonished for misusing her position to try to influence criminal cases involving her son and her childhood baby sitter.

By Rebecca Baker

2 minute read

June 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal

"This civil rights class action is the paradigm of change and progress achievable in a society undergirded by the rule of law," Southern District Judge Robert Sweet wrote in approving the settlement in a case that accused NYPD officers of writing at least 900,000 summonses that were later dismissed as insufficient.

By Rebecca Baker

4 minute read

June 08, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A public employee union in New York City has the right to obtain discovery materials in disciplinary proceedings, the Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

By Rebecca Baker

5 minute read

June 06, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Tough zoning rules for adult establishments in New York City do not violate the constitutional rights of affected businesses, the state's highest court ruled Tuesday.

By Rebecca Baker

2 minute read

June 06, 2017 | New York Law Journal

"Holding a session in a location such as Staten Island will afford local attorneys the opportunity to present oral argument on their appeals closer to home, and spare them the seemingly ever-present traffic congestion on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway," Second Department Presiding Justice Randall Eng said in a statement.

By Rebecca Baker

1 minute read

June 05, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Brooklyn Family Court became the last New York City Family Court to go paperless as of Monday, according to the Office of Court Administration. The city's Family Court is the highest volume court in the state—with over 213,000 cases filed last year—to convert entirely to digital case files.

By Rebecca Baker

4 minute read

May 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A former jail attendant has admitted violating the civil rights of an inmate who was beaten while handcuffed, according to the Western District U.S. Attorney's office.

By Associated Press/Rebecca Baker

3 minute read

May 22, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The Appellate Division bench is at capacity now that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed nine state Supreme Court judges and promoted First Department Justice Rolando Acosta to fill that court's presiding justice role.

By Rebecca Baker

13 minute read

May 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A Southern Tier town justice who tried fixing a traffic ticket for his daughter and pressuring another judge to uphold restitution orders that he had issued should be kicked off the bench, a judicial disciplinary board has said.

By Rebecca Baker

6 minute read