Susan DeSantis

June 24, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Crimes and Punishments: Entering the Mind of a Sentencing JudgeBy Frederic BlockABA Book Publishing, Chicago, 210 pages, $34.95Describing the…

By Jeffrey M. Winn

7 minute read

June 24, 2019 | New York Law Journal

"His passing is a major loss for the state court system and for all those committed to the cause of justice," said Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks.

By Susan DeSantis

2 minute read

June 20, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Linda Fairstein is no more guilty of what she is portrayed to have done, in the film, as the exonerated were in reality.

By Murray Richman

2 minute read

June 20, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Having served the nation during the war there was a strong sense of idealism, a sense that a career in the law would provide opportunities to serve the community and nation which was on the cusp of becoming a world leader.

By Robert M. Pennoyer

8 minute read

June 19, 2019 | New York Law Journal

We don't announce the winner until our recognition dinner in October but we are pleased to recognize our three finalists today.

By Susan DeSantis

3 minute read

June 19, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The New York Law Journal would like to congratulate our Litigation Department of the Year winner, our two department finalists and our winners in specialty categories.

By Susan DeSantis

2 minute read

June 19, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Our winners have made an impact on the legal community and the practice of law over an entire career.

By Susan DeSantis

2 minute read

June 18, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Unanticipated evidentiary issues often arise during trial. How litigators deal with unexpected evidentiary issues will make all the difference. Litigators must be ready to object quickly and to respond to objections quickly.

By Gerald Lebovits and Julian M. Rodriguez

8 minute read

June 18, 2019 | New York Law Journal

We cannot and must not ignore the many lessons to be learned that are highlighted by cases like the Central Park Five. Our children deserve better than that.

By Martin Feinman

4 minute read

June 17, 2019 | New York Law Journal

What really is morally and intellectually indefensible--which Mr. Richman overlooks--is the mob-like rush to judgment in 1989 against these five innocent boys by the media, the public and Donald Trump, who insinuated himself with his front-page incendiary call for the death penalty.

By Bennett L. Gershman

3 minute read