New York State Bar Association President David P. Miranda issued the following statement in the aftermath of the shooting of Carey Gabay, deputy counsel to the Empire State Development Corporation. He was shot and critically wounded in Brooklyn early Monday morning. “The thoughts and prayers of our Association and the legal community are with Carey Gabay and his … Continued

Federal courts again face the prospect of “devastating” budget cuts affecting both individual and business litigants if Congress allows re-implementation of “the Sequester” across-the-board cuts to the 2016 federal budget, warn the presidents of 17 bar associations in New York. The federal government’s 2016 fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, 2015. In a September 2 … Continued

Same-sex marriage has been legal in New York since 2011. Four years later, the U.S. Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges struck down laws in other states that prohibited same-sex marriage. The new legal landscape poses issues for New York attorneys and their gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender clients. Those legal issues are the focus of a … Continued

The New York State Bar Association wants to ensure that new attorneys have all the tools they need to become successful members of New York’s legal community. Free to law students and newly admitted attorneys, the State Bar’s new book, Pathway to the Profession: From Law School to Lawyer, aims to help new attorneys hone their … Continued

The New York State Bar Association has published a new book focusing on a single phrase in the U.S. Constitution that long has been a source of heated debate: “the right of the people to keep and bear arms.” “Understanding the Second Amendment offers a clear-eyed, fact-based analysis of the case law and historical research,” said … Continued

The American Bar Association has awarded New York attorney Daniel L. Brown its Pro Bono Publico Award for his outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services for the poor and disadvantaged. Brown, of New York City (Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton), received the award at a luncheon during the ABA’s annual meeting in Chicago on August … Continued

The New York State Bar Association has been selected as the winner of a 2015 American Bar Association Partnership Award for promoting diversity in the legal profession. The State Bar’s Youth Law Day program, sponsored by the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, was recognized on Friday, July 31 in Chicago during a joint luncheon of … Continued

The New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Ethics has agreed to reconsider one of its advisory opinions at the request of criminal defense attorneys. Opinion 1048 concludes that there is no per se prohibition against a defense lawyer advising a criminal defendant about a proposed plea agreement that includes a client waiving his or … Continued