Pro Bono Barrister: Brooklyn law briefs
BBA Foundation Committee Holds Public Forum on Criminal Law
Continuing a vital service, now in its fifth year, the Brooklyn Bar Foundation Law Committee, headed this year by Fern Finkel, held a very timely Public Forum on Criminal Law last week at BBA headquarters, with the aid of past president Diana Szochet and the ever-efficient BBA Executive Director Avery Okin.
Inns of Court To Gather at BBA for ‘Ethics’ Panel
Practicing attorneys constantly meet with ethical challenges, small or large. It goes with the nature of the profession, which is dedicated to the law blended by ethical considerations.
For example: a personal injury client’s wife calls and wants to know how her husband’s case is coming along. She’ s not a client. Can you discuss the case with her?
A commercial lawyer, representing a corporate client selling out her entire business, knows there are certain unperfected liens pending about which his client has not been forthcoming to the buyer. Does the attorney withdraw if the client refuses to disclose the liens?
These may not be hard problems to solve but they are typical of the “Ethical and Practical Solutions to Regularly Unanticipated Problems in Practice,” the topic of the next Kings County American Inn of Court CLE-accredited session set for 6 p.m., Jan. 22 at the 123 Remsen St. headquarters of the Brooklyn Bar Association.
Presenting a series of dilemmas, the panel leaders Hon. Miriam Cyrulnik and (President) Marc Dittenhoefer, will then ask the panel and members at large: “Can You Solve This?”
While Inn Adminstrator Marie Lattanzi is dealing with the myriad problems presented when her Rockaway home was inundated by the Hurricane Sandy surges, Executive Director Jeff Feldman has been setting up meetings and agendas.
Very importantly he is seeing that, in the spirit of the ancient English Inns of Court, barrister collegiality is enhanced by a pre-seminar repast in the form of a delicious buffet. Members must arrive around 5:30 to enjoy this feast. E.D. Feldman, who needs a count, asks for confirmations by phone (718 875-5870)
Welcome Justice Knipel As New Administrative Judge