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Drug Law Reform by N.Y. State Reduces Federal Sentence
A defendant has avoided a 15-year mandatory sentence under a federal repeat-felony offender law because New York's 2004 Drug Law Reform Act downgraded his prior convictions to less than "serious" offenses. Southern District Judge Richard Holwell found that two prior felonies for defendant Ralph Archer would have earned him the federal minimum had the state Legislature not changed the indeterminate sentencing scheme of the Rockefeller drug laws. Instead, Archer received 8 years and 9 months in prison.
Over-Expanded Archer & Greiner Lays Off Lawyers, Support Staff
Archer & Greiner, after growing aggressively through mergers over the past three years, is in retrenchment mode.
ABA Poised to Take "Long Overdue" Step
Nearly 60 years after it first opened the door to membership by blacks, the American Bar Association is poised to elect its first African-American president: former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer. Archer, 60, is running unopposed for the position of president-elect, which means he will take office as president in August 2003. He is scheduled to become president-elect nominee on Feb. 4 at the association`s midwinter meeting in Philadelphia.
Archer & Greiner Awards Diversity Scholarships
Three entities from different corners of the Philadelphia legal community are collaborating on a new scholarship initiative that aims to increase diversity in the legal profession.
Archer Speaks on Goals for a Diverse Bar
Speaking Wednesday in San Francisco at the National Bar Association's annual meeting, Dennis Archer told attendees of his plans for his tenure as the first black president of the American Bar Association. Diversity, predictably, is at the top of his list -- but he's also passionate about such eclectic concerns as loan forgiveness, the death penalty and judicial independence.ABA to Elect First Black President
Nearly 60 years after it first opened the door to membership by blacks, the American Bar Association is poised to elect its first black president: former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer. Archer is running unopposed, meaning he will take office in August 2003. His election is provoking mixed reactions among some minorities in the profession: happiness about his leadership, tinged by a sense that this "first" is long overdue.
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