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You are not logged in. Register now. November 20, 2009
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‘Crown of the Court’ Kerry Ward Honored With Employee of Year Award
by Samuel Newhouse (sam@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-20-2009

By Samuel Newhouse
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

JAY STREET — When long-serving court attorney Kerry Ward was summoned to the administrative judge’s chambers on the top floor of Brooklyn Supreme Court, this hard worker said she expected to be asked about “a problem case.â€

But Ward wasn’t being asked to use her legal expertise to help with a case. In fact, she was informed that she had been chosen as Brooklyn Supreme Court Employee of the Year. And she said she hasn’t stopped blushing {read more...}





Young Minds Tour Criminal Courts
by Samuel Newhouse (sam@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-20-2009

JAY STREET — Students from Kingsborough Community College (pictured at left) saw the inner workings of the court system on Wednesday when they visited the courtroom of Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Deborah A. Dowling (center, right), as part of a tour led by Shannon Taylor (center, left), the executive director of Not Just Blacks and Jews In Conversation, and Prof. Grace Trotman (center, in back), who teaches criminal justice.

After handling a motion in her courtroom, Justice Dowling explained to the {read more...}





The BBA Has Earned Its Own ‘Annual Award’
by Charles F Otey (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-20-2009

By Charles Otey

The Brooklyn Bar Association, led this year by dynamic President John Lonuzzi, has singled out a number of legal luminaries who will certainly enliven the proceedings when the BBA holds it big Annual Dinner on Dec. 7 at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott on Adams Street.

Recipients of the BBA’s coveted Annual Award are Kings {read more...}





ASK THE DA
“DOMESTIC VIOLENCEâ€
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-20-2009

By Charles J. Hynes
Brooklyn District Attorney

A co-worker has been calling in sick a lot and confided in me that her husband is physically abusive, but she doesn’t want to have him arrested. Is there somewhere that she can get help?

I saw firsthand what domestic violence did to my mother and our family. As a {read more...}





Upcoming Events in the Legal Community: November 20, 2009
by Brooklyn Eagle (), published online 11-20-2009

Mon. Nov. 23, Service for Matthew F.X. Smith, 6-9 p.m. "Celebration of Life Service" for longtime Republican District Leader Matthew F.X. Smith. Held at the Brooklyn Bar Association, 123 Remsen St. RSVP required. For information or to RSVP, e-mail the Kings {read more...}




New Plaintiffs File Suit Vs. Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn
by Ryan Thompson (court@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-19-2009

By Ryan Thompson
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — After years of fighting lawsuits filed in opposition to his multibillion dollar Atlantic Yards project, developer Bruce Ratner continues to get pounded by waves of litigation.

Another lawsuit was filed Thursday, making it the third in less than 40 days. But if landowners facing eviction win their biggest legal battle, which will possibly be decided next week, then these lawsuits will be mostly moot.

This latest lawsuit, which challenges the project’s app-roval process, comes at a time when both sides of the legal controversy are eagerly awaiting the state’s high court to rule on the most important issue of all the cases — whether {read more...}





Letter to the Editor: Holt Seconded on Concrete Plant Site
by sent to (), published online 11-19-2009

The planned Red Hook (concrete) plant to which Dennis Holt (Brooklyn Eagle) refers to in his recent column is not a port facility but rather a landlocked property between a park, an esplanade, an IKEA superstore, a park and {read more...}




Upcoming Events in the Legal Community: November 19, 2009
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-19-2009

TODAY, Nov. 19, CLE: Civil Rights Law for the Criminal Practitioner, 6-8 p.m.; Dinner: 5:15 p.m. Speakers: Attorneys Andrew B. Stoll, Michael O. Hueston and Charles M. Guria. Sponsored by the Kings County Criminal Bar Association. Approved for (2) CLE credits {read more...}




Top Cop Prepares Sunset Park for War on Gangs
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-18-2009

Bay Ridge Escapes Gang Woes

By Beth Sarafraz
Freelance Reporter

SUNSET PARK – Except for a few episodes of vandalism and rowdy-youth issues over the years, Bay Ridge, where 68th Precinct Deputy Inspector Eric Rodriguez recently reported a dramatic 23 percent dip in crime this year, has escaped the gang turf wars of nearby Sunset Park.

Bay Ridge mainly deals with bar noise and occasional unruly teens, but that’s nor the case in Sunset Park.

That neighborhood has been a spike in gang-related homicides. {read more...}





After Retrial, Vinegar Hill Killer Sentenced to More Prison Time
by Samuel Newhouse (sam@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-18-2009

JAY STREET — As he was being sentenced to prison, Terrance Breazil told the family members of his murder victim that he will fight for a third murder trial.

Breazil, 45, was convicted last month at his retrial of a 1995 {read more...}





B’klyn Pol Helps Secure Funds for New Lawyers in Housing Court
by AP (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-18-2009

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state court officials have announced a new program that will have recent graduates of the City University of New York Law School representing city residents in housing courts.

New York City’s Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Fern Fisher says 11 lawyers trained in housing law will represent low to moderate income {read more...}





22 Suspects Arrested in Morning Mafia Raid
by AP (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-18-2009

NEW YORK (AP) — A series of early-morning raids has led to the arrests of 22 people, including some suspected members of organized crime, on loan sharking and gambling charges.

Police and prosecutors say the arrests are the result of five {read more...}





Sex-Trade Matriarch Sentenced In Brooklyn
by AP (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-18-2009

CADMAN PLAZA EAST (AP) — The matriarch of a family-run prostitution ring has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Brooklyn prosecutors say the enterprise smuggled women from Mexico to New York, where they were sometimes violently coerced to perform {read more...}




Brooklyn Prosecutors Looking Closely at Terror Witness in Italy
by Associated Press (), published online 11-18-2009

May Hold Key to 9/11 Trials

MILAN (AP) — In a decade-long journey, the Tunisian went from drug pusher on the streets of Milan, to Islamic militant trained in Afghanistan to kill Americans, to potential key witness against Guantanamo Bay {read more...}





Celebrating the Brooklyn Bench
by Ryan Thompson (court@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-18-2009

Two New Judges Welcomed on Judiciary Night in Kings County

By Ryan Thompson
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

JAY STREET — For the first time, the festive Judiciary Night celebration was held within the walls of the courthouse.

This year’s Judiciary Night, sponsored by the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association, was held inside the Kings County Supreme Court Criminal Term courthouse on Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Women’s Bar traditionally hosts the annual event at the bar association as a way of welcoming in the {read more...}







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