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ABL and former County Attorneys -- Christmas celebration

ABL met with former Erie County Attorneys for a holiday celebration.  Pictured from right to left are:  Hon. Eugene F. Pigott, Jr., Larry Rubin, Fred Wolf, Ken Schoetz, Cheryl Green, Jim Magavern, Jeremy Colby, Hon. Patrick H. NeMoyer, and Hon. William Straub.

federal courthouse should be named after Justice Robert Jackson

ABL will be returning to private practice by popular demand

to borrow Judge Elfvin's wit (I do not think he will mind). The reference is noted in the BizFirst article by Matt Chandler.

ABL speaks with Matt Chandler

issue of first impression?

ABL was asked today if he agreed with opposing counsel's assessment of the issue being one of first impression . . . the response was "no." The response ABL really wanted to give: "my brief discussed a surprising amount of on point case law for it to be an 'issue of first impression'!

Desmond summer party

The Desmond Inn of Court hosted US Attorney Bill Hochul as its guest speaker for the April meeting. The remarks were only rivaled by the strong attendance. The summer party for judges and members only will be 5:30 on June 9 at Templeton's Landing (fka Shanghai Red's fka Crawdaddy's).Someone asked...

What's New for 2011 on Ethics? NYSBA CLE

Need help getting into the cloud or going paperless? Call Eric Posa @ DocuSyst (http://www.docusyst.com/).NYSBA Ethics Opinions (clieck the title link above).

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ABL is mad as hell at federal spending

Ice Ice baby . . . in the new federal courthouse?