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TASK FORCE ON JUDICIAL BUDGET CUTS Public Hearing Agenda
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TASK FORCE ON JUDICIAL BUDGET CUTS
PUBLIC HEARING
DECEMBER 2, 2011
NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
14 VESEY STREET
9:00 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M.
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:15-9:45 a.m. | Panel 1: Impact of Budget Cuts on the State Courts
Presenters: Hon. Lawrence Marks, Administrative Director of the Office of Court Administration Ronald Younkins, Chief of Operations, Office of Court Administration |
| 10:00-11:00 a.m. | Panel 2: Impact of State Court Budget Cuts on Children, Families and the Public – Part I
Presenters: Hon. Laura Drager, Acting Justice of the NYS Supreme Court Hon. Kristin Booth Glen, Surrogate, NY County Former Dean, CUNY Law School Dennis R. Hawkins, Executive Director, Fund for Modern Courts Matthew J. Troy, Support Magistrate, NY Family Court |
| 11:15-12:15 p.m. | Panel 3: Impact of State Court Budget Cuts on Children, Families and the Public – Part II
Presenters: Briana Denney, Co-Chair, NYCLA Matrimonial Law Section Dora F. Galacatos, Senior Counsel, Feerick Center for Social Justice, Fordham University School of Law Ira Salzman, Partner, Goldfarb Abrandt Salzman & Kutzin Louise Seeley, Executive Director, Housing Court Answers |
| 12:15-12:45 p.m. | Break |
| 1:00-2:00 p.m. | Panel 4: Impact of State Court Budget Cuts on the Criminal Justice System
Presenters: Daniel R. Alonso, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Lori Cohen, Partner, Cohen & Funk, PC Irwin Shaw, Attorney in Charge, New York County Criminal Defense Office, The Legal Aid Society William Gorta, Associate Metro Editor, New York Post (tentative confirmation) |
| 2:15-3:15 p.m. | Panel 5: Impact of Budget Cuts on the Federal Courts
Hon. Carol Bagley Amon, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York Hon. Loretta A. Preska, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York Edward Friedland, District Executive, Southern District of New York Eileen Kelly, Chief U.S. Probation Officer, U.S. Probation Department, Eastern District of New York |