Hearing: Impact of Budget Cuts on the Judiciary

TASK FORCE ON JUDICIAL BUDGET CUTS

Co-Chairs: Hon. Stephen G. Crane & Michael Miller

PUBLIC HEARING -- Friday, DECEMBER 2, 2011

NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION

14 VESEY STREET, between Broadway & Church Street, Manhattan

9:00 A.M. TO 3:15 P.M.

9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

9:15-9:45 a.m. Panel 1: Impact of Budget Cuts on the State Courts

Presenters:
Hon. Lawrence Marks, Administrative Director of the Office of Court Administration

Ronald Younkins, Chief of Operations, Office of Court Administration

10:00-11:00 a.m. Panel 2: Impact of State Court Budget Cuts on Children,

Families and the Public – Part I

Presenters:

Hon. Laura Drager, Acting Justice of the NYS Supreme Court

Hon. Kristin Booth Glen, Surrogate, NY County;
Former Dean, CUNY Law School

Dennis R. Hawkins, Executive Director, Fund for Modern Courts

Matthew J. Troy, Support Magistrate, NY Family Court

11:15-12:15 p.m. Panel 3: Impact of State Court Budget Cuts on Children, Families, and the Public -- Part II

Presenters:

Briana Denney, Co-Chair, NYCLA Matrimonial Law Section

Dora F. Galacatos, Senior Counsel, Feerick Center for Social Justice, Fordham University School of Law

Ira Salzman, Partner, Goldfarb Abrandt Salzman & Kutzin

Louise Seeley, Executive Director, Housing Court Answers

[12:15-12:45 p.m. -- Break]

1:00-2:00 p.m. Panel 4: Impact of State Court Budget Cuts on the Criminal Justice System

Presenters:

Daniel R. Alonso, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office

Lori Cohen, Partner, Cohen & Funk, PC

Irwin Shaw, Attorney in Charge, New York County Criminal Defense Office, The Legal Aid Society

William Gorta, Associate Metro Editor, New York Post

2:15-3:15 p.m. Panel 5: Impact of Budget Cuts on the Federal Courts

Presenters:

Hon. Carol Bagley Amon, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York

Hon. Loretta A. Preska, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York

Edward Friedland, District Executive, Southern District of New York

Eileen Kelly, Chief U.S. Probation Officer, U.S. Probation Department, Eastern District of New York

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Michael Miller, Attorney at Law
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New York, N.Y. 10001
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