Susan DeSantis

August 09, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Simply put, there are no available legislative shortcuts around the State Constitution. The recent attempts to ignore it to raise legislative and executive salaries via an appointed commission is in clear violation.

By Roger Bennet Adler

6 minute read

August 09, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Most of all Joseph Crea was a deeply caring human being, and I can definitively say that I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for him.

By Allen Grubman

4 minute read

August 09, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Girls of color are 2.7 times more likely than their white counterparts to be referred to the legal system, 20 percent more likely to be formally petitioned and 1.2 times more likely to be detained than white girls.

By Kathie E. Davidson and Karen K. Peters

4 minute read

August 07, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The legislators who, to put their right-to-life doctrine into law, enacted total bans on abortion forgot that this is America. We have a Constitution.

By Robert M. Pennoyer

5 minute read

August 06, 2019 | New York Law Journal

This is likely not a book to be read from cover to cover but used instead as a reference for when we know there’s got to be a better way to express our clients’ responsibilities and duties.

By Gary Muldoon

4 minute read

August 06, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Anyone who believes that Manhattan is more sophisticated than say Queens needs to litigate a criminal appeal in the First and Second Departments pursuant to the appendix method or on the original record.

By Mark M. Baker

3 minute read

July 22, 2019 | New York Law Journal

John Sweeny Jr., who is from Putnam County, was one of 10 Republican judges transported to Manhattan by Republican Gov. George Pataki in a controversial move to bring conservative voices to an appellate court he considered too liberal.

By Susan DeSantis

6 minute read

July 09, 2019 | New York Law Journal

I have seen firsthand the change in the demeanor of these inmates who successfully pass their tests and receive diplomas.

By Deborah Izzo

4 minute read

July 09, 2019 | New York Law Journal

With millennials less interested in attending events onsite, bar associations in New York and across the country have been reevaluating the cost of maintaining ornate and historic headquarters.

By Susan DeSantis

2 minute read

July 08, 2019 | New York Law Journal

New York reincarcerates the second-most defendants in the nation for technical violations of parole such as missing a meeting with a parole officer.

By Susan DeSantis

3 minute read