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Susan DeSantis

Susan DeSantis

Susan DeSantis is the deputy editor-in-chief of the New York Law Journal. She can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @sndesantis

December 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Presiding Nassau County Court Judge Christopher Quinn Gives Up Post Less Than Month After Election

Nassau County court officials were taken by surprise Thursday when Supervising County Court Judge Christopher Quinn stepped down from the position less than a month after his election.

By Susan DeSantis

2 minute read

November 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Names New Executive Deputy Attorney General for Social Justice

Matthew Colangelo, a distinguished lecturer at the Georgetown University Law Center and a former Obama administration official, will be New York's executive deputy attorney general for social justice.

By Susan DeSantis

3 minute read

November 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal

First Department Retirement Party

A party celebrating the impending retirement of Appellate Term, First Department, Justice Martin Schoenfeld was held at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York on Nov. 29.

By Staff

2 minute read

November 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal

William Perlmuth, Former Chairman of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Dies

William Perlmuth, former chairman of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and a partner for 35 years, died Nov. 24 at his home in Manhattan. He was 88.

By Susan DeSantis

4 minute read

November 30, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Former Stroock Chairman William Perlmuth Dies

Perlmuth, the former chairman of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and a partner there for 35 years, died on Nov. 24 at age 88.

By Susan DeSantis

10 minute read

November 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Saipov Pleads Not Guilty in NYC Bicycle Path Terror Attack

Authorities say the Uzbek immigrant killed eight people with his Oct. 31 truck attack near the World Trade Center.

By The Associated Press

1 minute read

November 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Dennis Block, Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer, Joins Brooklyn Law School Board

Dennis J. Block, a leading mergers & acquisitions attorney, will join the board of trustees of Brooklyn Law School.

By Susan DeSantis

7 minute read

November 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Rochester Lawyer Banned From Local Jails After Alleged Pot Smuggling Incident

Authorities say a Rochester lawyer has been banned from local jails after he was caught trying to smuggle drugs to an inmate.

By The Associated Press

1 minute read

November 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Harvard Law Wins Mock Trial Competition

Harvard Law won the New York Regional Round of the ABA Labor and Employment Law Mock Trial Competition.

By Staff

1 minute read

November 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal

NY Names New Presiding Justice of Appellate Term of Supreme Court, First Department

Justice Douglas McKeon will take over as presiding justice of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, First Department, and Justice Matthew Cooper has been made an associate justice on that court.

By Susan DeSantis

8 minute read