The New York State Bar Association recently honored Linda McMahon with the Ray of Hope Award for her 30-year commitment to the Lawyer Assistance Program. McMahon retired in 2020 after spending her career as the program’s administrative assistant. She worked under four directors and brought a rare degree of commitment, devotion and compassion. She also … Continued
Most plaintiffs in lawsuits pay their lawyer a contingent fee. If the case settles for $1 million, the lawyer is paid a percentage, say 40%. Checks can be cut in different ways, but in most cases, the lawyer receives the gross proceeds, deducts the fee and expenses, and sends the balance to the client. As … Continued
New York State Bar Association President Kathleen Sweet issued the following statement today: “The New York State Bar Association denounces Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche‘s declaration of ‘war’ on the judiciary and bar association disciplinary bodies. “At a recent conference of the Federalist Society, Mr. Blanche characterized the Department of Justice’s resistance to ethical oversight … Continued
New York State Bar Association members now receive free access to Smokeball Bill, legal-specific software that simplifies trust accounting and billing! Unlock Your Free Access With built-in tools for three-way reconciliation, invoicing, and matter-based time tracking, it’s designed to help small law firms reduce manual tasks and save time. You don’t need to piece together … Continued
Newly admitted attorneys are encouraged to register for the New York State Bar Association’s Bridging the Gap program on Dec. 9-10 which will be the last of these courses offered fully online. Attorneys can satisfy all of their annual MCLE requirements by attending the two-day program, which is ideal for “bridging the gap” between law … Continued
Grab your controllers and load your save files for a New York State Bar Association hybrid program exploring legal issues in the video game industry. In the past few decades, the video game industry has gone from niche to mainstream. Its total revenue now exceeds that of both the film and music industries combined. The … Continued
It’s been more than 50 years since the outside world first saw the horrific, inhumane treatment of disabled children at the Willowbrook State School. The 1972 television expose by journalist Geraldo Rivera led to sweeping changes and sparked the beginning of the disability rights movement. When interviewed about his groundbreaking work in a 2023 documentary, … Continued
As we move further and further into the digital age, gone are the days when a fiduciary could merely collect the decedent’s mail to discover assets and claims, review the decedent’s address book to find potential heirs, and collect photographs to distribute to family members. Increasingly we as a society are relying on our often … Continued
A decision by the New York State Court of Appeals in an Ulster County animal abuse case and other developments at the appellate level are the focus of an upcoming New York State Bar Association CLE. The Nov. 12 program, Charging Cruelty: Prosecuting Crimes of Animal Abuse and Neglect, features Jed Painter, general counsel to … Continued
New York State Bar Association President Kathleen Sweet is speaking out about the need to have U.S. Attorneys vetted by the Senate in a new episode of the Miranda Warnings podcast. In a follow-up to her nationwide OpEd in Bloomberg Law, Sweet details how Congress is giving up its oversight powers by not thoroughly investigating … Continued