The New York State Bar Association entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Bar Association of Puerto Rico last night as the 2022 SOMOS Conference in San Juan got underway. The agreement comes at a time when there is a concerted effort to overturn the Insular Cases and establish equal rights for all U.S. … Continued

The New York State Bar Association honored Samantha I.V. White with the 2022 Root Stimson Award. White is an attorney with the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo who has worked on a bevy of issues advocating for criminal justice reform while revitalizing the city. Sherry Levin Wallach, president of the New York State Bar Association, … Continued

The New York State Bar Association’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section will host a conversation with the Acting Chief Judge of the State of New York, the Hon. Anthony Cannataro, on Nov. 7. The hybrid event will take place at Foley & Lardner, 90 Park Ave., in New York City from 6 p.m. to 8 … Continued

Bernice K. Leber, partner at ArentFox Schiff and former New York State Bar Association president, and Lauren J. Wachtler, partner at Barclay Damon and former chair of the New York State Bar Association Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, will be honored with the Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin Award for Excellence in the Courtroom. The association’s … Continued

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed new laws last week that will strengthen protections for victims of domestic and gender-based violence by seizing guns from perpetrators and protecting confidentiality. The laws grant New York residents who have been subjected to domestic violence the right to have their voting records sealed, get out of shared telecommunications … Continued

The New York State Bar Association Criminal Justice Section honored three distinguished leaders during its Fall 2022 Awards Dinner Friday evening. Criminal Justice Section Chair David Louis Cohen presented the awards at the Bar Center in Albany. The three award recipients were: The Honorable Shirley Troutman, the Vincent E. Doyle, Jr. Award for Outstanding Judicial … Continued

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization may be a precursor of other decisions that limit individual rights, according to speakers at the Thursday webinar “Women on the Move – Aftershocks: Implications of the Dobbs Decision.” The webinar was presented by the Women in Law Section of the New York … Continued