In her biweekly address to the public, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said that the courts expect to encounter some new challenges but will move forward confidently to meet the needs of litigants and lawyers.
The courts are prepared to make any and all necessary and appropriate adjustments based on the science and guidance as explained and set forth by public health officials.
Associate Justice Shirley Troutman of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, has been nominated by Gov. Kathy Hochul to become a judge on the Court of Appeals.
Chief Judge Janet DiFiore announced today, in her biweekly update, that 200 jury trials were scheduled in our courts statewide, in addition to hundreds of nonjury bench trials — numbers not seen since before the pandemic.
The New York State Bar Association has determined that four candidates under consideration by Governor Kathy Hochul for elevation to the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, are well-qualified.
Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said the courts cannot and will not use the public health crisis as an excuse for mounting backlogs.
The New York State Bar Association is hosting Town Hall meetings on Nov. 8 and 9 on the 29 new Uniform rules that are now in place in state Supreme Court and County Court. The association is seeking members’ input for comments it will be submitting to the Office of Court Administration.
The Texas law that deprives women of their right to privacy to make the very personal decision about whether to have an abortion was enacted in flagrant disregard of the U.S. Supreme Court’s precedent and the rule of law.
The young boy who idolized Atticus Finch, read voraciously and loved to watch Ironside is now the presiding justice of New York’s busiest appellate court.
Make no mistake, the Supreme Court is far different today, and its decisional record has been and will very likely continue to be far different, than would be true if the Court’s composition were a 6–3 – or even 5–4 – liberal majority.