Sarah Betancourt

August 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Kevin O'Connell, the legal director of the New York County Defender Services, has received the American Bar Association's Dorsey Award, which recognizes outstanding public defenders and legal aid lawyers.

By Sarah Betancourt

3 minute read

August 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

An attorney representing a man who alleged he had been hit by a bus said counsel for MTA Bus Company violated the man's privacy during her search for medical records, but a Queens judge said seeking sanctions, "after being told [a formal] grievance was without merit, is almost sanctionable behavior by plaintiff."

By Sarah Betancourt

6 minute read

August 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday appointed Monica Shulman, a court attorney-referee in Family Court in Manhattan since 2010, to Family Court.

By Sarah Betancourt

2 minute read

August 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Eastern District Judge Denis Hurley, dismissing discrimination and retaliation claims, said a Department of Environmental Conservation employee did not provide evidence that she had applied for any promotions after filing her EEOC complaint.

By Sarah Betancourt

4 minute read

August 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A Sikh temple congregation has filed a federal civil rights suit against the town of Oyster Bay on Long Island, saying a sudden stop-work order on its temple amounted to religious discrimination.

By Sarah Betancourt

9 minute read

August 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Three graduates of the 2012 New York City Law Department Summer Honors Program are heading to the U.S. Supreme Court to clerk for Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer.

By Sarah Betancourt

3 minute read

July 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A man's post-arrest statements made while he was on angel dust are admissible because he had waived his Miranda rights voluntarily, a Nassau County judge ruled Tuesday.

By Sarah Betancourt

4 minute read

July 26, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Brooklyn Housing Court Judge Marc Finkelstein vacated a stipulation of settlement between REDF Equities and at least five tenants, at least one of whom was unrepresented when he agreed to leave his apartment in a month after he had been locked out.

By Sarah Betancourt

4 minute read

July 26, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Donors who gave thousands of dollars to back the reelection of Janet DiFiore as Westchester County district attorney in November instead are funding internships for law students.

By Sarah Betancourt

19 minute read

July 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Two partners from Shearman & Sterling and a group from Wigdor LLP have joined a pro bono effort to help officials in Kenya prosecute poachers more effectively.

By Sarah Betancourt

13 minute read