Name: Joseph Bizub Hometown: North Caldwell, NJ Law School: Brooklyn Law School Graduation Year: 2024 What inspired you to go to law school? In high school, I competed on the mock trial team where I was lucky enough to have a coach that sparked my interest in law and encouraged me to further pursue it. … Continued
Topic: Affiliation with a lawyer not admitted in New York Digest: A New York-admitted lawyer may affiliate and share fees with an out-of-state lawyer residing in New York and practicing immigration law in New York only if (1) neither the lawyers nor their firm would be engaged in the unauthorized practice of law (which is … Continued
Topic: Conflicts of interest among family members Digest: A lawyer who represents the Executor of an estate and simultaneously represents a beneficiary of the estate in an unrelated matter does not have a concurrent conflict of interest. “Differing interests” may arise where lawyer simultaneously represents both an estate’s Executor/beneficiary and a co-beneficiary as co-defendants in … Continued