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November 01, 2024 | Law.com

How I Made Public Office: 'Embrace Action Over Excessive Planning,' Says Jennifer Sellitti of the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender

"The biggest piece of advice I would give to my younger self is to embrace action over excessive planning. As a natural planner, I have often found myself caught up in analyzing potential outcomes and scenarios, especially in the context of trial work. This hesitation sometimes prevented me from taking decisive action, whether it was making an objection in court or stepping up to try a case. It took me a few years to get over it. Once I did, I tried case after case. I litigated motion after motion."
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October 23, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The 'Lopez' Decision Demands Legislative Action. The Marvin Mayfield Act Is the Solution.

There is a bill currently pending, the Marvin Mayfield Act, which would eliminate mandatory minimum sentences in New York.
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September 11, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Leonard Packel, Villanova Law Professor, Dies at 89

Leonard Packel, of Philadelphia and Wynnewood, professor at Villanova Law School, died peacefully on Monday at the age of 89.
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August 26, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Rising Star: Kyle Harris

Kyle Harris is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb. His practice focuses on public and private mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters.
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August 09, 2024 | New York Law Journal

'Troubling' Racial Disparities Exist in Manhattan Federal Court's Jury Selection, 2nd Circuit Says

In dicta, U.S. Circuit Judge Beth Robinson said the "underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic or Latino people in SDNY venires has only increased" in recent decades.
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August 09, 2024 | National Law Journal

'Troubling' Racial Disparities Exist in Manhattan Federal Court's Jury Selection, 2nd Circuit Says

In dicta, U.S. Circuit Judge Beth Robinson wrote that the "underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic or Latino people in SDNY venires has only increased" in recent decades.
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July 31, 2024 | New York Law Journal

NY Top Court Declines GOP Lawmakers' Request to Appeal Equal Rights Amendment Ballot Question

The proposed amendment to the New York State Constitution aims to explicitly protect people who have historically experienced discrimination based on their gender or other classifications, while also protecting against government actions that would curtail a person's reproductive autonomy or access to reproductive health care.
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July 18, 2024 | New York Law Journal

NY Family and Civil Courts to Add 28 Judges Under Bill Signed Into Law

The reinforcements are expected to ease a crisis of thousands of backlogged cases.
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June 24, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Juval Scott Named to Serve as Next Executive Director of The Bronx Defenders

Scott currently serves as the director of the National Sentencing Resource Counsel, where she leads a team that works to impact sentencing policy and litigation.
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June 18, 2024 | Daily Business Review

New Judge Alert: This Lawyer Just Rose to the Miami-Dade Bench

"It's a great honor that somebody in the position of a governor has faith in me to make the right decisions in a court of law," the attorney said in an interview.
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