NYCBA nominates Muhammad U. Faridi as next president
/Muhammad U. Faridi, a lawyer raised in Pakistan and Brooklyn, was nominated on Wednesday to be the next president of the New York City Bar Association.
Read MoreMuhammad U. Faridi, a lawyer raised in Pakistan and Brooklyn, was nominated on Wednesday to be the next president of the New York City Bar Association.
Read MoreThe New York State attorney general, a top bar association, scores of public defense organizations, several former New York City officials and a criminal justice nonprofit all called on a federal judge to strip control over Rikers Island away from the city and hand it over to a court-appointed receiver.
Read MoreIn a rare rejection of an entire slate of candidates, all three judicial hopefuls in the race for Civil Court judge in Queens’ 6th Municipal District were rated “not approved” by the New York City Bar Association this week.
Read MoreThe New York State and New York City Bar Associations released their ratings of chief judge candidates this week. All but one received a “well qualified” rating. That one candidate? Anthony Cannataro, the only person on the list who has actual experience serving as chief judge.
Read MoreTwo of the four candidates running for one of two vacancies on the Queens Civil Court bench were given an “approved” rating by two local bar associations last week.
Read MoreAdvocates and attorneys now recognize that traffickers force their immigrant victims to perform various crimes in addition to sex work, such theft and drug offenses.
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