Susan DeSantis

March 18, 2019 | New York Law Journal

I have been handling litigation for plaintiffs for more than two decades involving allegations of police misconduct, and I have never seen the city decline to represent a police civil defendant no matter how egregious the apparent misconduct.

By Joel B. Rudin

3 minute read

March 18, 2019 | New York Law Journal

It is now rumored that the college admissions scheme was not limited to the 35-odd families named in the current indictment and might reach 750. It will be an even sadder day for America and our higher education system if that is true.

By Steve Cohen

14 minute read

March 18, 2019 | New York Law Journal

"We were all going to funerals—two or three a month—of our friends then who were in their 30s and 40s and 50s, and so we were desperate," Justice Marcy Kahn says of her early days as an advocate for New York City's gay community.

By Susan DeSantis

6 minute read

March 15, 2019 | New York Law Journal

It is time for criminal justice reform, and we applaud those in Albany and across our state who are now wrestling with how to best implement that reform.

By Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick and Mark Dwyer

4 minute read

March 14, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Now that the Legislature is considering removing the death penalty from the Criminal Procedure Law and Penal Law, this is a good opportunity to eliminate life without parole too.

By Andrea G. Hirsch

1 minute read

March 13, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Federal prosecutors so far have named eight universities as unwitting victims of the cheating and say it was the largest-ever college admissions fraud in the U.S. They have charged at least 50 people, including actresses, CEOs and several college coaches with conspiracy to commit racketeering or fraud.

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

March 12, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Reed Smith counsel Mark Goldstein wasn't sure he could both be a lawyer and have mental health disabilities. But he learned how to survive and thrive in Big Law.

By Mark S. Goldstein

10 minute read

March 12, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The Willkie Farr & Gallagher co-chair made The American Lawyer's 2018 Dealmaker of the Year list.

By Zach Schlein

3 minute read

March 11, 2019 | New York Law Journal

"I'm really doing this personally because I love this firm, and I think this is an opportunity for a firm to invest within itself and I think it's unique," David Scherl said. "Generally, the managing partners are well into their seventies and take a lot of coaxing to make such a decision."

By Susan DeSantis

3 minute read

March 11, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Antonio Rodrigues tells ThinkAdvisor how he serves high-maintenance clients — and maintains a 95% retention rate.

By Katie Rass

6 minute read