Over the next five months, New York State Bar Association President Hank Greenberg will reach out to every major bar association around the world. “Our goal is to make connections and to enter into memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with as many international bar associations as possible,” said Greenberg. “This is the future of our association,” … Continued
CULTURAL COMPETENCE IS HOW WE BRIDGE THE CHASM CREATED BY DIVERSITY Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.1 Diversity is complex. It encompasses the differences that exist between individuals. It is found in the different identities a person … Continued
New York State Bar Association members now have access to important legal and business news from the Asia-Pacific region thanks to an exciting new partnership between NYSBA and Vantage Asia, the region’s premier legal news resource. Vantage Asia is an independent business-to-business English language publisher based in Hong Kong and produces three of the region’s … Continued
If you do not manage your online reputation, someone else will. Every second there are 63,000 internet searches. Every day there are 5.5 billion searches. Ninety-four percent of people only look at the first page of Google Search results. Therefore, the content that appears on the internet when a law firm or attorney is searched … Continued
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The American political experiment was built on a foundation of radical ideals, none more so, perhaps, than the individual liberties enshrined in our Constitution’s First Amendment. The concept is deceptively simple: To allow every individual to freely express their beliefs without government infringement. However, the practical application of what we have come to know as … Continued
On August 4th at about 4 a.m, I woke up to a knock at my front door. I went downstairs, thinking it may be a neighbor who needed help. Instead, it was a city attorney, who told me there had just been a mass shooting in our city. A gunman had opened fire in the … Continued
The appointment to serve as a Temporary Receiver in a foreclosure proceeding in New York State Court can be interesting, challenging and rewarding. Referred to as a “temporary receiver” in the statute,1 such a fiduciary is commonly referred to simply as a “receiver.” A foreclosure action is a many-faceted proceeding that can involve real property law, complex financing, both … Continued
Accomplished women litigators and high-achieving women associates were honored by NYSBA’s Commercial & Federal Litigation Section on Nov. 13 with the Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin Award for Excellence in the Courtroom and the Hon. Judith S. Kaye Commercial Litigation Academy Scholarships. Section Chair Laurel Kretzing hosted the annual event, which coincides with the anniversary of … Continued
LEONARD ZESKIND LITERALLY WROTE THE BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE WHITE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT The Census Bureau has projected that white people will officially become a minority in a nation of minorities by the middle part of this century. And according to Leonard Zeskind, that is the key factor behind the actions of white nationalists. … Continued