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New York Law Journal

'Slow Down the Attrition': ABA Section Chair Sees Inadequate Defense Funding as a 'Real Crisis' for Entire Criminal Justice System

"That's not just a public defender problem, it's a DA problem.," ABA Criminal Justice Section Chair Tina Luongo said.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Sitting Justice Speaks to Troubled Times: An Interview With Hon. Rolando T. Acosta

Judges infrequently speak publicly to troubling societal issues du jour. Consistent with his ethical obligation of restraint, lest he inadvertently prejudge issues that may conceivably come before him, Justice Acosta has agreed to weigh in on some matters with which society, particularly in New York, is currently grappling involving the administration of criminal justice.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Meet Kapil Longani, NYC's Counsel to the Mayor During a Challenging Time for the City

Confronting the novel legal issues facing the city during the COVID-19 pandemic presented Longani's office with the "intellectual challenge of a lifetime," he said.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Q&A: A Conversation With Cuomo Accusers' Attorney Mariann Wang About the Now Ex-Governor & the AG's Report

Attorney Mariann Wang is representing Virginia Limmiatis, who accused the ex-governor of touching her inappropriately at an event, and executive assistant Alyssa McGrath, who has accused the governor of sexual harassment.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

'We're Not Looking Through A Straw': A Corporate Practice Co-Chair Talks Dealmaking at Midsize Law Firms

"Although it can take more time to become an expert in one practice area, it makes you so much more resistant to fluctuations in the market," Morrison Cohen's Randi Mason said.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Q&A: New NY State Bar President Talks Pandemic, Policing, Older Judges and Future Challenges

T. Andrew Brown discussed how two crises—one dealing with public health and the other with racial justices—"will serve as the backdrop" to his presidency and inform his approach to leading the state bar association.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Q&A: Karen Friedman Agnifilo on Cy Vance, the 2021 Manhattan DA Election and Her Move to the Private Sector

After three decades as a prosecutor, Agnifilo, one of Vance's top aides, said she wanted to focus on piloting internal investigations of sexual harassment.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

2nd Department's Presiding Justice Scheinkman Talks Pandemic Technology, Next Steps as He Leaves Bench

After he leaves the bench at the end of December, Scheinkman plans to join National Arbitration and Mediation, or NAM, where he'll focus on commercial matters and high-value matrimonial cases, he said.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Debevoise's Eric Dinallo: Stuttering Made Me a Better Leader

Eric Dinallo, chair of the insurance regulatory practice at Debevoise & Plimpton and chair of the American Institute for Stuttering, said stuttering doesn't need to hold back any lawyer's career.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

David Lat, Eyeing Hospital Discharge, Talks About His Battle and Donating Blood to COVID-19 Research

"I don't think I've fully wrapped my head—and heart—around the enormity of what I've just been through," he said during his first interview since returning to stable condition. "And I'm so grateful to be alive."
8 minute read

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