A year after getting their first pay raise in decades, attorneys who represent indigent clients and children in the state’s Family Courts say they are still a long way from refilling their ranks, cutting back on their caseloads and being fully equipped to provide the best representation possible to those who need it.
Read MoreFor the first time in decades, attorneys who represent indigent clients and children on the state’s dime have been given a pay raise.
Read MoreWhat do court officials have to say about the governor’s recent budget proposal?
Read MoreFor the third time in two years, New York State and its governor are being sued over the stagnant wages of assigned counsel attorneys, who claim their low wages have resulted in a constitutional violation of low-income New Yorkers’ right to a defense in court.
Read MoreAttorneys representing indigent clients and children in Family and Criminal Court cases in New York were handed a significant – albeit temporary – victory in their fight for better pay last week.
Read MoreAttorneys representing indigent clients and children in Family Court, including a handful from Queens, rallied in Manhattan and Long Island Thursday to call for a pay raise after not seeing one in nearly two decades.
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