The New York State Bar Association’s Vanguard Award is presented to Wesley Powell, a partner in the Litigation Department at Willkie Farr & Gallagher and co-chair of its Pro Bono Practice at the association’s Annual Meeting in New York City. “Wesley Powell has spent his career standing up for equality and the rule of law,” … Continued
Judge Rowan D. Wilson, the chief judge of New York State and its Court of Appeals, is set to receive the Stanley Fuld Award, the highest honor of the New York State Bar Association’s Commercial & Federal Litigation Section. “In his first year as the leader of the New York court system, Chief Judge Rowan … Continued
The New York State Bar Association honored three outstanding attorneys for their efforts to diversify the legal profession and provide legal services to those who cannot afford it. The ceremony was part of the Constance Baker Motley Symposium on Jan. 17, which is part of the association’s Annual Meeting. “These three distinguished lawyers are among … Continued
The New York State Bar Association Committee on Leadership Development is profiling the association’s leaders in a series of articles that will appear on the website. In each profile, we examine the path they took to become a leader, the mentors that inspired them and the beliefs that made them successful. We hope these interviews … Continued
Bridget Mary McCormack was still on the bench, serving as chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, when ChatGPT was released. She says it only took a few days for her to realize that “something pretty significant was happening, and it was going to impact the legal profession very quickly.” McCormack made it her business … Continued
Katherine B. Forrest, partner in the litigation department and co-chair of the Digital Technology Group at Paul, Weiss, is a leading national expert on artificial intelligence and its impacts – both current and future – on the legal system. She has lectured and written extensively on the subject, including two books, the most recent of … Continued
New York State Bar Association President Richard C. Lewis issued the following statement about Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State: “Gov. Kathy Hochul has rightly advanced a forward-thinking agenda that prioritizes protecting New Yorkers at a time of great uncertainty and challenges. The New York State Bar Association commends and is allied with the … Continued
Two beloved judges who have dedicated their careers to selflessly improving the lives of New Yorkers will be honored at a luncheon at the New York Hilton Midtown on Friday, Jan. 19, during the New York State Bar Association’s Annual Meeting. The association’s Judicial Section will recognize Justice James P. Murphy with its Distinguished Jurist … Continued
You are an in-house lawyer in a highly regulated industry. You do your best to interpret the complex regulations governing your company’s business with the federal government, but some of those regulations are unclear – some of them even conflict with each other. Is the business insulated from liability under the False Claims Act (FCA) … Continued
To the Forum: I am a young attorney named Iam Abel. I opened Abel Law in 2020. I hired my twin sibling, Sheis Cane, as my paralegal. Sheis Cane also took the bar but failed. One of the first cases that I signed up was Maybie Tomorrow’s personal injury case in March 2020. Cane conducted … Continued