Announcements & News

FCBA Annual Dinner Event – November 30, 2023

FCBA Annual Dinner Event – November 30, 2023

Mark your calendars for the FCBA Annual Meeting and Dinner Event! November 30, 2023     .  .  .  Date: November 30, 2023  Location: Syracuse Marriott Downtown 100 E Onondaga St, Syracuse, NY 13202 Tentative Schedule of Events: 3:00 pm Continuing Legal...

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Constitutional  Scholars  Program

Constitutional Scholars Program

The Constitutional Scholars Program is a non-profit, non-partisan, educational, community outreach program of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (“NDNY”). Video Performances are due by midnight on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. No entries will be accepted after midnight.

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PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE

PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE

The Judicial Conference of the United States has authorized the appointment of a full-time United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of New York at Syracuse, New York. The essential function of courts is to dispense justice. An important component of this function is the creation and maintenance of diversity in the court system. A community’s belief that a court dispenses justice is heightened when the court reflects the community’s diversity.

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NDNY Local Rules Update CLE – March 3, 2023

NDNY Local Rules: Updates, Amendments, and What Practitioners Need to Know  Friday, March 3, 2023 - 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.  Presenters: * Hon. Brenda K. Sannes (U.S. District Judge, NDNY) * Michael Langan, Esq. (Career Law Clerk to Hon. Glenn T. Suddaby) * Lori Welch...

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Roadways to the Bench – April 3, 2023

Who me? A Bankruptcy or Magistrate Judge? The federal Judiciary, led by the Judicial Conference Committees on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System and the Magistrate Judges System, will hold the second iteration of the national diversity event for law students...

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NDNY Honors Pro Bono Attorneys

On September 27, 2022 in Syracuse and October 17, 2022 in Albany, the FCBA First Decade Committee and the Judges of the Northern District of New York were honored to recognize attorneys who accepted appointment to represent at least one civil litigant without...

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District Bids Teary Farewell to Gioia Gensini

More than 50 people gathered in September to say goodbye to career law clerk Gioia Gensini, a backbone of the Court for the past 40 years. At a catered event at Yards Grille at Green Lakes State Park outside of Syracuse, they listened to expressions of admiration and...

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Judge Anne M. Nardacci Confirmed by U.S. Senate

Anne M. Nardacci was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 30, 2022 as the next United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York. A native of the Capital Region, Judge Nardacci was most recently a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP in...

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