• August 4, 2003 | Legal Times

    Big Firms Step Up Efforts

    A look back at the recently concluded Supreme Court term reveals, not surprisingly, that many of the parties and amici in the high court's cases were represented by the nation's largest

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  • Cooperstown Holstein Corp. v. Town of Middlefield, 515498

    Publication Date: 2013-05-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Third Department
    Judge: Before: Peters, P.J., Stein, Spain and Garry, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Scott R. Kurkoski of counsel, Thomas S. West of counsel, Levene, Gouldin & Thompson, LLP, Binghamton, and The West Firm, PLLC, Albany.
    for defendant: For Respondent: John J. Henry of counsel, and Town of Ulysses and others, amici curiae, Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna, LLP, Albany. For New York Farm Bureau, amicus curiae, Cynthia Feathers, Glens Falls For American Petroleum Institute and others, amici curiae, Joseph R. Guerra of counsel, Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, D.C. For Business Council of New York State, Inc. and others, amici curiae, Scott R. Kurkoski of counsel, Levene, Gouldin & Thompson, LLP, Binghamton. For Vicki Been and others, amici curiae, Susan J. Kraham, Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc., New York City. For Catskill Mountainkeeper and others, amici curiae, Katherine Sinding of counsel, Nancy S. Marks, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York City. For A&E Management & Contracting, Inc., and others, amici curiae, John L. Barone of counsel, Tooher & Barone LLP, Albany.

    Case Number: 515498

    Cite as: Cooperstown Holstein Corp. v. Town of Middlefield, 515498, NYLJ 1202598615925, at *1 (App. Div., 3rd, Decided May 2, 2013)Land use and Pla

  • May 11, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    Face Off! When It Comes to Clients, Is Face-to-Face Out of Date?

    Sparks flew at a New York panel discussion last week between two panelists who argued over whether face-to-face contact between corporate executives and their lawyers can still always be expected.

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  • June 28, 2004 | Legal Times

    Pro Bono Bulletin Board: And the Winners Are . . .

    D.C. BAR AWARDS The D.C. Bar awarded its highest honor, the Thurgood Marshall Award, to the late Supreme Court justice's alma mater, the Howard University School

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  • January 22, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Midwest firms staking out their patch of China

    CHICAGO-Midwest law firms are taking hold of the trend of opening branch offices in China, with Kirkland & Ellis as well as Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw opening offices in Hong Kong this mon

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  • September 28, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Pro Bono Push for Iraq Vets

    Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr attorney John Harwood, who was a Marine Corps platoon leader in the Vietnam War, and Nicholas Henry, a third-year law student in Chicago and Iraq veteran,

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  • May 26, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    N.Y. Chief Judge Boosts Efforts to Tap Retired Lawyers for Pro Bono

    The New York court system has enlisted more than 120 retired lawyers since January to offer free legal advice and representation to poor New Yorkers in foreclosure, debt collection, housing,

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  • May 25, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Lippman Boosts Efforts to Tap Retired Lawyers for Pro Bono

    The court system has enlisted more than 120 retired lawyers since January to offer free legal advice and representation to poor New Yorkers in foreclosure, debt collection, housing, family and othe

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  • May 9, 2011 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE

    WRANGLING WITH WYOMING What should residents of Wyoming call themselves? New Jersey-born Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is the last person you'd expect to

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  • January 24, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Midwest Firms Staking Out Their Patch of China

    Midwest law firms are taking hold of the trend of opening branch offices in China, with Kirkland & Ellis as well as Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw opening offices in Hong Kong this month and Fole

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