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Stephen Bergstein, Bergstein & Ullrich, LLP, Chester, NY, for plaintiff-appellant.
Shawn Kerby, Assistant Deputy Counsel (Michael Colodner, John Eise...
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Former Bronx state senator Guy Velella pleads guilty to bribery charges. Evidences were discovered through the government's eavesdropping. Despite Judge Buckley's decision to stop the wiretapping, prosecutors were able to get the wires reinstated and continue its investigation after chief state administrative judge Jonathan Lippman favored their appeal.
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Many foreclosure attorneys are following a Suffolk County case that calls into question the affirmation ruling issued in October by Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau.
The ruling, approved by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, requires attorneys to verify the accuracy of foreclosure documents in support of residential foreclosure actions.
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In December 1986, Judge [Juanita Bing Newton] began the second phase of her legal career by accepting a judicial appointment by then-Governor Mario M. Cuomo to the New York State Court of Claims. For more than a decade, she served as an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court in New York County, first as a trial judge and then as the Administrative Judge. In 1999, Judge Newton was appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman to the statewide position of Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives, where she is responsible for providing statewide oversight in developing and implementing programs to assure meaningful access to justice for all New York citizens. In 2003, Judge Newton assumed an additional assignment when she was appointed as the Administrative Judge o...
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Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman on Friday announced the appointment of Justice A. Gail Prudenti as chief administrative judge of the New York .
The appointment is effective Dec. 1, at which time Justice Prudenti will leave her position as presiding justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department. The appointment was made with the approval of the Administrative Board of the Courts.
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Judges to state: show us some more money
With the exception of a handful of captains of industry, few people think they make enough money. Even the captains would say, quietly, that they could stand a few more pesos.Rarely, however, do other people come to the rescue of the supposedly underpaid. But that's what the New York State Bar Association is doing with its quest to raise salaries for state Supreme Court judges. Long Island is notorious for its brain drain, and the same phenomenon is at work on the lower-court bench, according to the bar, which claims that low pay is keeping qualified jurists out of the state's highest trial court.In testimony submitted to a state Assembly committee examining the problem, Bar Association President A. Vincent Buzard, an attorney from Rochester, sai...
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New York State Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye issued a scathing reminder on Monday that compensation for the state's judges has fallen 23 percent behind that of their federal counterparts, whose compensation also was recently called "deplorable" by Chief Justice John Roberts.
She has directed Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman to seek advisory opinions from the attorney general and comptroller "on the feasibility of unilateral action by the judicial branch on this issue.
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New York State Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye called on the legislature and Gov. George Pataki to act on the crisis in judicial compensation.
In support of her call for action, Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman formally submitted a budget request for the fiscal year 2006-07 which contains $69.5 million to fund an increase in judicial salaries.
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On Nov. 30, New York State Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye called on the Legislature and the governor to increase judicial compensation in the state. Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman submitted a budget request for fiscal year 2006-07, which contains $69.5 million to fund an increase in judicial salaries.
To court leaders, the urgency of judicial compensation is clear:
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After seven years as the top judge of the Suffolk County Courts, Patrick Leis is stepping down.
Randall Hinrichs, who currently serves in the Suffolk County Supreme Court, will be taking Leis' place as administrative judge of the Suffolk County courts system. He was appointed by New York State Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau, with the approval of Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman and in consultation with Presiding Justice A. Gail Prudenti of the State Appellate Division, Second Department.