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The Global War Against Women: Judge Cebull’s Disgusting “Joke”

I didn’t realize that today’s Sidebar is literally a Sidebar: we are now leaning before the bench, and up there is sitting … The Judge. I’m sure you’ve all read about Judge Cebull’s racist “joke” about President Obama and his … Continue reading →

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The Court: Longtime judge “receives a crash course”

From yesterday’s New York Times, a humanizing story about Ann Pfau, who had been “New York State’s chief administrative judge, a bureaucratic job that is like being the queen of the courts.” Judge Pfau is herself now on the bench, … Continue reading →

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What can you do when your lawyer ignores you? 6

After my February 17 conversation with Dinkes & Schwitzer’s Marc Mauser, during which he told me a copy of my file was ready to be picked up (as I had demanded in a letter to Bill Schwitzer), I got very … Continue reading →

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