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New Jersey Law Journal

After Hours: Middlesex County Bar; Cooper Levenson

Middlesex Bar Recognizes 7 Members On March 18, the Middlesex County Bar Association held its 16th annual practice area awards event, virtually, and…
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Doreen Davis, Former Phila. Bar Chancellor and Work-Life Balance 'Trailblazer,' Dies

Davis was chancellor of the association in 2000. She was the first working mother to serve in the role and used her position to advocate for law firms policies that would improve lawyers' work-life balance.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Judge Faces Discipline as Foreclosure Attorney Seeks to Get Him Disbarred

The JQC's investigative panel stressed that judicial assistants are "not personal assistants funded by the taxpayers to take on chores for their judges," but rather, "important court resources whose work is vital to the efficient and orderly operation of the judicial system."
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Life-Saving Kidney Transplant Shaped Miami Lawyer Michael Haggard's Winning Approach

"How do we get more people to ask? How do you ask someone to give you the gift of life?" South Florida trial attorney Michael Haggard said. "It's not an easy request: 'Hey, can I have your kidney? Thanks! Can you pass the butter please?' "
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Don't Pull a Toobin While You're Zooming, and Other Memorable Zoom Failures

If you're a lawyer who wore a tank top and sunglasses to your Zoom hearing, you clearly mistook your hearing for an episode of "Jersey Shore."
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Davis Polk Team Details Plan for Broad-Based Impeachment Inquiry Into Cuomo's Conduct

The exchanges outlined an inquiry that will have a broad reach to look into the behavior of the embattled third-term governor.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Honoring Justice LaVecchia

The breadth of her governmental experience and institutional knowledge made her one of the court's anchors. Bench and bar will miss her.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Davis Polk Debate: What Ethics Experts Are Saying About Their Appointment to Lead Impeachment Investigation

There are no signs state lawmakers will be pulling Davis Polk from the high-stakes assignment, which involves conducting the inquiry into accusations which threaten the embattled governor's hold on the office.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Davis Polk Picked to Head Impeachment Investigation Into Cuomo Allegations

A lawyer for one of Cuomo's accusers said the appointment of Davis Polk was an "unacceptable conflict of interest," since the spouse of New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, long seen as an ally of the governor, worked at the firm for decades.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Schumer, Gillibrand Call For Cuomo's Resignation

The governor's political support has steadily eroded in recent weeks amid dueling scandals over the sexual harassment allegations and his administration's handling of coronavirus nursing home deaths.
5 minute read

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