The Susan B. Anthony trial reenactment is coming to the federal courthouse in Syracuse, after playing to a packed audience in Albany in November. The reenactment of the 1873 trial of the civil rights icon will take place this Thursday, April 19 at 6 p.m. in the...
This event is being presented by the Federal Court Student Bar Association at Albany Law School. There will be 3 panelists, Judge D'Agostino, AUSA Cathleen Clark, and Ryan Manley, Esq. discussing the benefits of federal practice with a reception immediately following...
Reviewed by Mitchell J. Katz I recently had occasion to review a new edition of a treatise that may be of interest to members of the FCBA: Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts (Robert L. Haig, ed., Thomson Reuters, 4th ed. 2017). This 14-volume set,...
Chief Judge Suddaby is receiving the Robert L. Haig Award for Distinguished Public Service. He will receive this award at the NYSBA’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section’s Spring Meeting Gala Dinner at The Sagamore on Saturday May 5, 2018.
United States Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Stewart speaks on March 23, 2018 in Albany at a CLE program entitled "Handling a Prisoner Case: Trial Advocacy for Pro Bono Lawyers." A similar program was held on March 29 in Syracuse. CLE materials are available for FCBA...
FCBA President Mitch Katz has appointed new chairs of the Board’s standing committees. Generally, each committee has two co-chairs, one from the Capital Region and one from the Central New York Region. The Board is still searching for chairs of two committees: the...
Women are grossly under-represented among the ranks of paid mediators and arbitrators statewide, and especially so in the Third Judicial District. Why? This CLE presented by the Third Judicial District Gender Fairness Committee will explore that question, reveal how...
John Duncan was the 2017 recipient of the Hon. James R. Duane Award, given by the FCBA to a distinguished member of the Bar who has carried on Judge Duane’s legacy of commitment to the practice of law, unswerving integrity, and tireless efforts on behalf of the people...
Chief Judge Suddaby, judges of the Court, fellow officers and trustees, friends and colleagues. It is an honor to be elected to serve as President of the Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association. And I am honored to continue to serve with the...
The FCBA held its 14th annual dinner on December 7, 2017, at the Hilton in Albany. FCBA President Adam R. Shaw, a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, welcomed the dinner’s approximately 90 attendees. FCBA Vice President Joann Sternheimer introduced the year’s 3...
The Ceremonial Courtroom of the James T. Foley U.S. Courthouse was perhaps never so crowded as it was on the evening of November 16, 2017, when more than 200 people attended the reenactment of the 1873 trial of Susan B. Anthony. The FCBA organized and presented the...
On Thursday, November 16, 2017, the United States District Court joined with government officials to welcome a group of new citizens to the country. Twenty nine candidates for citizenship stood up in the well of the Ceremonial Courtroom of the Federal Building in...