By Jason Grant | March 28, 2022
Heller, who was admitted to state the bar in 1969, acknowledged to the appellate court that a divorce client had sued him for malpractice and breach of contract, won a judgment against him for $523,536 with interest, and that he still hasn't paid the money, according to the Appellate Division, First Department court.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Katherine B. Forrest | March 28, 2022
How justice is and will be dispensed in worlds in which we have experiences, and live segments of our lives, does matter. But how our theories of justice will change, whether our "constitutional rights" follow us, whether a Hobbesian world of the past is suddenly a predominant world of the future—these are "TBD".
By Tom McParland | March 25, 2022
Parnas admitted to providing "false information" to investors in the firm Fraud Guarantee. He was not offered a deal from prosecutors in connection with the guilty plea.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Irwin S. Izen | March 25, 2022
Having recently received the all mighty "jury summons", the author of this Commentary welcomed the opportunity to fulfill his service.
By Andrew Denney | March 24, 2022
In May 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit suspended attorney Andres Aranda for 18 months for what it called a "pattern of misconduct."
By Jane Wester | March 23, 2022
Attorneys with The Legal Aid Society filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on March 2, arguing that their clients were entitled to a recognizance hearing.
By Jane Wester | March 22, 2022
The convicted defendants "killed one man," Senior U.S. District Judge William Kuntz wrote. "This Court declines to let them add one or more jurors to their body count." Defense counsel argued in post-verdict motions that excluding unvaccinated persons resulted in a racially-skewed jury.
By Jane Wester | March 18, 2022
The 10 proposals from Gov. Kathy Hochul could potentially roll back core pieces of New York's recent criminal justice legislation, including bail reform and the Raise the Age statute.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By William Ramos | March 18, 2022
This article aims to clarify the impact of 'Lashley' on the illegal sentence exception to the preservation requirement where there is a claim of illegal predicate felon adjudication.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Anna G. Cominsky | March 17, 2022
An associate professor at New York Law School writes that there are a number of factors behind the recent spike in crime, but New York's bail reforms are not among them.
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