Chief Judge Rowan Wilson Advocates for Funding Increases and Reform of Family Court System
At the opening of the Family Defense Conference in Albany on Thursday, Chief Judge Rowan Wilson laid out his agenda for reforming the Family Court system. The…
New York State Bar Association Confers Howard A. Levine Award on Judge, Lawyer for Efforts To Reform Family Court
The New York State Bar Association is honoring Judge Anne-Marie Jolly and attorney Judith Gerber for their work to reform the Family Court and juvenile justice system. Judge Jolly, the administrative judge of the New York City Family Courts, and…
New York State Bar Association Commends Governor, Legislature for Adding Judges
Domenick Napoletano, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement in response to Gov. Kathy Hochul signing a bill to add more judges to the state’s Family Court and the Civil Court of New York City:…
More LGBTQ+ Youth Are in Foster Care and They Need Support
More than one-third of the children in the New York City foster care system are LGBTQ+, according to the city’s Administration for Children’s Services. At an informational session presented by the New York State Bar Association, panelists discussed the challenges…
Ethics Opinion 1238
Topic: Conflict of interest; full-time attorney in county attorney’s office with part-time outside practice Digest: A full-time lawyer in a county attorney’s office who represents the county in civil litigation in state and federal courts may represent private clients in…
