In his Criminal Law and Procedure column, Barry Kamins discusses a recent case in which the Court of Appeals revisited the allocation of decision-making authority between defense counsel and a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Yonkers lawyer who was a defendant in criminal and matrimonial cases before a Westchester judge allegedly sent the judge ...

In Part I of his two-part series, Bob Genis reviews how the plaintiff s in negligence and malpractice cases can strategically require the defendant to appear at trial during the plaintiff’s direct ...

In every criminal trial, one of the most critical decisions the defense makes is determining whether or not the defendant will take the stand to testify. Under the laws laid out in the United States ...