The FCBA’s Fifth Annual Essay Contest has received 41 entries from high school students across the Northern District. High schools represented this year include Guilderland High School in Albany County, South Glens Falls Senior High School in Saratoga County,...
By: John J. Dowling III† When a defendant qualifies for the career offender enhancement under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, it often dominates plea negotiations due to the outsized sentencing exposure it entails. For example, without the enhancement, a defendant...
By Clerk of Court John Domurad Please let me begin by saying that I hope this article finds readers safe and healthy during these turbulent times. I speak with confidence when I say every decision made by the Board of Judges during this crisis has placed the health...
The FCBA’s Newly Practicing Lawyers Section teamed up with the Syracuse University College of Law to hold a social networking event at the College’s Dineen Hall on Wednesday, February 26, 2020. The event began at 5:30 p.m. with a discussion led by a distinguished...
At 5 p.m. on Friday, November 1, 2019, past FCBA President Mitchell J. Katz interviewed Senior United States District Judge Norman A. Mordue as part of the FCBA’s “Fireside Chat” Series in the atrium of Dineen Hall at the Syracuse University College of Law. The event...
Tech Summit for Small Firms Announcement Please be advised that this CLE was originally scheduled to take place live in Albany on April 23rd. As a result of the coronavirus guidelines, we are now offering this CLE as an online Webinar via Webex. For those who...
2020 Golf Event SAVE THE DATE Flyer - FCBA Please SAVE THE DATE to join members of the Judiciary and Bar for a great day of golf at beautiful Bellevue Country Club. The event will include lunch, practice range, 18-holes of golf with cart, prizes, cocktail hour and...
Event Summary: For newly practicing FCBA members, law clerks and staff attorneys from the Northern District of New York, and select faculty and current students from the College of Law. In addition to providing a networking and social event for newly practicing...
By Clerk of Court John Domurad One of the most rewarding and sometimes most challenging aspects of being a member of the Clerk’s Office is addressing concerns from our pro se filers. Many pro se litigants make their way to federal court because all other avenues for...
By Kim Zimmer I have had the slowest ascent to President of the Federal Court Bar Association in the history of this Organization. I have thought about why that is and I finally decided it must be because I am so shy, soft-spoken, and reserved. I “grew up” in the...
The FCBA held its annual meeting and dinner on December 5, 2019, at a former-bank-headquarters-turned banquet-hall at 60 State Street in Albany. The afternoon started with a CLE program at the James T. Foley U.S. Courthouse. The first part of the program, entitled...