Sentences with phrase «city bar associations»

Most county and city bar associations offer lawyer referral services to the public although they do not necessarily screen for qualifications.

There are city bar associations and specific ones like Women's bar associations.

Cuomo aides again touted a clemency website launched last year and said they were partnering with the New York County Lawyers Association, the state and New York City bar associations, the Legal Aid Society and the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers to provide pro bono assistance to people seeking pardons or commutations.

While association opposes it, the legal community elsewhere has been supportive of it, including the state and city bar associations, who have said that holding a convention is a chance to update the state's governing document.

In fact, according to a report by the New York City Bar Association, complaints to the Attorney General in that state about debt settlement actually went up in 2011, after the new regulations came into force.

He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as «Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year» (2011); and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017).

He has presented at a wide variety of corporate law seminars and symposia around the country, including The Tulane Institute of Corporate Law (where he serves as Co-Chair of the Planning Committee), The Association of General Counsel, The Harvard School of Law, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar Associations.

Steven is a member of the New York and New Jersey bars, the French American Chamber of Commerce, the New York State Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Also at 9 a.m., the New York City Bar Association holds a White Collar Crime Conference, with speakers including Deputy AG Sally Yates, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Robert Capers, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut Deirdre Daly, and Sullivan & Cromwell's Karen Patton Seymour, 42 W. 44th St., Manhattan.

Also at 11 a.m., the state Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation holds a public meeting, New York City Bar Association, 42 W 44th St., Manhattan.

The Bernard Botein awards will be presented at 5 p.m. tonight at the New York City Bar Association, 42 West 44 St.. The winners are Maritza Camacho...

Tonight the New York City Bar Association hosted a mayoral candidate forum.

Cuomo in 2015 began a clemency review push in conjunction with the New York City Bar Association, the state bar association and the county lawyers association along with the Legal Aid Society.

At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the New York City Bar Association will host «The State of Criminal Discovery in New York State,» discussing «the current law applicable to criminal discovery in New York State courts; responses to the Criminal Law Committee's statewide survey of the judiciary, defense bar and district attorneys regarding current practices; criminal discovery law in other states; and proposed reforms.»

«Without knowing what actually transpired during JCOPE's deliberations and its investigation of the Lopez case, such an anti-majoritarian vote, had it taken place, could have blocked the extension of the investigation to other persons whose conduct merited further inquiry,» Common Cause New York and the New York City Bar Association wrote in a joint testimony to the review commission.

Earlier Saturday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke at the Women's March Breakfast hosted by the New York City Bar Association.

6:30 PM The Center for Reproductive Rights, the New York City Bar Association, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and others discuss the state of reproductive rights law.

Evan Davis, former president of the New York City Bar Association, is heading the Committee for the Constitutional Convention.

At a speech hosted by the New York City Bar Association, a man in the audience asked the NYPD commissioner if he would «apologize for the discrimination and violence» at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in 1969.

New York City Bar Association, 42 W. 44th St, Manhattan.

Also at 5:30 p.m., the Commission on Judicial Nomination holds open discussions on the nomination process for the upcoming vacancy of the seat held by Association Court of Appeals Judge Susan Phillips Read, New York City Bar Association, Manhattan.

The New York City Bar Association's task force on the state constitutional convention includes two former top aides to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a former adivsor to two Assembly speakers.

At 5:30 p.m., Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer speaks at an induction ceremony for New York Supreme Court Justice Andrea Masley, City Bar Association, 42 W. 44th St., Manhattan.

Also at 11 a.m., the Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation meets, New York City Bar Association, 42 W. 44th St., Manhattan.

The New York City Bar Association released a report urging federal and state leaders to «make the reduction of mass incarceration a top priority» and offering several recommendations for changing sentencing laws and other policies.

The New York City Bar Association has issued a report urging the state Legislature to accept the Judiciary's 2017 - 2018 budget request, which includes a 2 percent increase of $ 42.7 million, in its entirety.

Kaye has even extended the application deadline and made presentations to the New York City Bar Association to drum up more candidates.

At 6:30 p.m., the Center for Reproductive Rights, NYC Bar Association and state AG Eric Schneiderman discuss the «future of reproductive rights law,» New York City Bar Association, 42 W. 44th St., Manhattan.

A tweet from Westchester attorney Andrew Barovick, the chairman of the New York City Bar Association Committee on Medical Malpractice, Monday evening read «In light of election loss,.@SheriffMoss mulling offers to be new spokesmodel for either Cream of Wheat, or Uncle Ben's Rice.»

Also at 6 p.m., Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Staten Island Borough President James Oddo speak, New York City Bar Association, 42 W. 44th St., Manhattan.

Also at 11 a.m., the Commission on Legislative Compensation holds its final public hearing on a potential pay raise for executive chamber employees and state lawmakers, New York City Bar Association, 42 W. 44th St., Manhattan.

The City Bar Association concluded that it urged that state law require attorney - legislators to disclose the following information with regard to all clients:

Esq., New York City Bar Association Diana Wong, Asian Americans for Equality Elba Galvan, Esq., National Lawyers Guild, New York City Chapter Josh Silber, New York State Trial Lawyers Association Juan Gonzalez, Hispanic Bar Association Kenny Louis, Women's City Club Kersuze Morancy, Metropolitan Black Bar Association Lesley Horton Campbell, Esq., NAACP, Mid Manhattan Branch Marea L. Wachsman, Esq., Women's Trial Lawyer Caucus Meredith Miller, The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York (Le - Gal) Merium Malik, Esq., Muslim Bar Association of New York City Micahel A. Mosberg, Esq., American Academy of Matrimonial Law Nial MacGiollabhui, Esq., Brehon Law Society Shu'aib Abdur - Raheem, Fortune Society Susan Bender, New York Women's Bar Association Dai Wai Chin Feman Trina Moore Brenda Gill

The New York City Bar Association has made the argument that such disclosures should be mandated.

It has been endorsed by the American Jewish Committee, as well as the New York City Bar Association, the N.A.A.C.P. and others.

The New York City Bar Association, for example, wrote a letter to Weisbrod late last month asking for clarification in the final in the final text on HPD's role.

The New York City Bar Association's committee on government ethics said the proposal «is both practical and sensible, and presents an opportunity to build toward obtaining the goal of providing the public and government officials with an accurate picture of who is spending what to influence the exercise of governmental power by those officials» but urged the tightening of a definition.

The attorney general spoke at a panel on reproductive rights hosted by the New York City Bar Association

The former president of the New York City Bar Association, Dunne served in the Manhattan district attorney's office in the mid-1980s and has served on numerous judicial commissions and panels — including chairing former chief judge Judith Kaye's Special Commission on the Future of the New York State Courts — and was counsel to the state Commission on Drugs and Courts.

For more information on this position and process, you can review this helpful guide from the New York City Bar Association (particularly pages 25 - 27): https://www2.nycbar.org/pdf/report/uploads/20072672-GuidetoJudicialSelectionMethodsinNewYork.pdf.

In a somewhat strange twist, he received a rating of «not approved» by the city bar association this year.

Even before coming to Harvard, during her years as a lawyer, she worked in LGBT rights as cochair of the New York City Bar Association's LGBT Rights Committee and conducted LGBT - related pro bono work as an attorney.

Sam served on the Board of Directors for the California Law Review, and currently is a member of the Education and Law Committee and Charter School Subcommittee of the New York City Bar Association.

She belongs to the New York City Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

She said the Alliance doesn't take official positions on laws, but she's also a founding member of the New York City Bar Association's Animal Law Committee.

May 2012: New York City — Animal Cruelty and the Use of Veterinary Forensics presented by the New York City Bar Association

Sarmiento is a member of the Art Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association.

He is also a member of the New York City Bar Association's Communications Law Committee, and Human Rights Watch's Communications Committee.

Although the New York City Bar Association's panel may have been off - base in assuming that men are better networkers than women, the panel did emphasize one important point.

The problem is so serious that the New York City Bar Association held a special program to address the issue and explore viable solutions.