She thrived in a profession where she found herself mostly surrounded by men, taking on leadership roles and helping turn N.Y.U. into a top-tier institution. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Legal Profession”
Prominent Lawyers Want Giuliani’s Law License Suspended Over Trump Work
By Gotham Rex on January 21, 2021
The move by dozens of lawyers, including judges and former federal prosecutors, was the latest in a series of calls to censure him. Source: New York Times
After Second Impeachment, Giuliani Vows to Support Trump
By Gotham Rex on January 14, 2021
White House officials are universally angry with Rudolph W. Giuliani and blame him for both of President Trump’s impeachments. But he remains one of few people still willing to join Mr. Trump in the foxhole. Source: New York Times
Lawrence Byrne, Former Lawyer for New York Police, Dies at 61
By Gotham Rex on December 12, 2020
His younger brother, a police officer, was assassinated by a drug gang at 22, a key moment in the city’s crack epidemic of the 1980s. Source: New York Times
William Aronwald, Target of a Botched Mob Hit, Dies at 79
By Gotham Rex on December 5, 2020
He was a prominent prosecutor in the 1970s. A blunder by hit men left his father dead. Source: New York Times
Robert K. Ruskin, Who Targeted New York Corruption, Dies at 93
By Gotham Rex on October 6, 2020
As investigation commissioner under Mayor Lindsay in the early 1970s, he went after police officers, building inspectors, parking ticket fixers and peep-show operators. Source: New York Times
Daughter of Immigrants to Be 1st Black Woman on N.J. Supreme Court
By Gotham Rex on August 24, 2020
Fabiana Pierre-Louis, 39, will also be the only Black judge currently seated on the state’s highest court. Source: New York Times
Lawyer Colinford Mattis Accused in Molotov Cocktail Attack on Police
By Gotham Rex on May 31, 2020
A Princeton graduate and a human rights lawyer were both charged in an attack that left a police car dashboard charred. No one was injured. Source: New York Times
Albert Krieger, a Bulldog of the Criminal Defense Bar, Dies at 96
By Gotham Rex on May 28, 2020
His clients included John Gotti, Joseph Bonanno, Miami’s “cocaine cowboys” and the defendants in the Wounded Knee siege. Source: New York Times