The New York State Bar Association strongly urges the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives to vote Thursday to significantly increase the funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) from the amount proposed by its subcommittee. “To carry out its critical mission, the Corporation needs a significant increase in its current funding of … Continued

Lesley Rosenthal, executive vice-president and general counsel of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, was honored with the New York State Bar Association’s Root/Stimson Award. State Bar President Sharon Stern Gerstman presented the award to Rosenthal earlier this month at the Association’s House of Delegates meeting in Cooperstown. The award, … Continued

The New York State Bar Association today calls on the House of Representatives to reject a bill (H.R. 1215) that would impose new restrictive federal rules when injured New Yorkers file medical malpractice suits against doctors, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and others, even in state courts. “Such federal activity would usurp the states’ rights to develop … Continued

New York State Bar Association President Sharon Stern Gerstman today praised the state Senate for swiftly confirming the nomination of Appellate Judge Paul G. Feinman as an associate justice on the state Court of Appeals. “Justice Feinman possesses strong skills that will serve him well as associate judge,” Gerstman told the Senate Judiciary Committee on … Continued

The New York State Bar Association is calling for a state Constitutional Convention, because New York “should not forfeit this rare, generational opportunity to modernize and significantly improve the Constitution that forms the foundation of state government.” On November 7, New Yorkers will vote on whether to authorize a Constitutional Convention which, if approved, would … Continued