She argued before the Supreme Court six times representing New York State, took on civil rights cases for the N.A.A.C.P. and taught at Fordham for decades. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Legal Profession”
Family Court Lawyers Flee Low-Paying Jobs. Parents and Children Suffer.
By Gotham Rex on April 29, 2022
New York hasn’t raised the attorneys’ fees since 2004, creating a shortage that has denied the most vulnerable their constitutional right to a lawyer. Source: New York Times
Book Review: ‘The Gotti Wars,’ by John Gleeson
By Gotham Rex on April 29, 2022
John Gleeson’s “The Gotti Wars” is a memoir about what it took to jail America’s star gangster. Source: New York Times
The Prosecutors Who Are Heading For the Door
By Gotham Rex on April 4, 2022
In every borough, the lawyers in district attorneys’ offices are leaving because of burnout, rising workload and modest salaries. Source: New York Times
Why Hundreds of New York City Prosecutors Are Leaving Their Jobs
By Gotham Rex on April 3, 2022
New burdens, low pay and pandemic malaise prompted the resignations of a fifth of the legal work force in Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn. Source: New York Times
Ashton Hawkins, Manager of the Rich and Powerful at the Met Museum, Dies at 84
By Gotham Rex on March 30, 2022
A top executive, he cultivated donors, then used his legal acumen to arrange their multimillion-dollar gifts of money and art. Source: New York Times
Client Charged in Fatal Stabbing of Lawyer, a Tiananmen Activist
By Gotham Rex on March 16, 2022
Jim Li had fought for democracy in China and often worked pro bono. He died in his Queens office after an irate client stabbed him, the police said. Source: New York Times
How the Manhattan DA's Investigation Into Donald Trump Unraveled
By Gotham Rex on March 5, 2022
The criminal investigation into the former president crashed amid a disagreement about the merits of bringing a case. The debate pitted a new district attorney against two veteran prosecutors who had pursued a case against Mr. Trump for years. Source:…
Cuomo Has $16 Million in Campaign Cash and No Campaign. What Now?
By Gotham Rex on January 18, 2022
The former governor still has a big war chest even as he faces large legal bills. Source: New York Times
He’s Prosecuted Pirates and Arms Dealers. Now He’ll Advise Eric Adams.
By Gotham Rex on December 17, 2021
Brendan McGuire, a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan who ran an anti-corruption unit, will be Mr. Adams’s chief counsel. Source: New York Times
It’s Never Too Late to Go to College and Rewrite Your Story
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2021
Devon Simmons served 15 years in prison for crimes he committed as a teenager. Since then, he’s been on a mission to remake not just his own life, but the legal system itself. Source: New York Times
Can Brooklyn’s New U.S. Attorney Help Restore Faith in Law Enforcement?
By Gotham Rex on October 21, 2021
Breon S. Peace, who went to high school in Crown Heights, is taking over as top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn at a precarious moment. Source: New York Times
Brooklyn Lawyers Plead Guilty in Firebomb Case
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2021
Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman expressed regret for the attack on a police car in May 2020. Each could face 10 years in prison. Source: New York Times
Damian Williams, the First Black U.S. Attorney of the S.D.N.Y.
By Gotham Rex on October 7, 2021
Damian Williams, an unassuming figure with stellar credentials, is now the most powerful federal law enforcement official in Manhattan. Source: New York Times
New Top Federal Prosecutors in Manhattan and Brooklyn Are Confirmed
By Gotham Rex on October 5, 2021
One of the two, Damian Williams, will be the first Black person to lead the powerful U.S. attorney’s office for New York’s Southern District. Source: New York Times