NYCLA Amicus Curiae

The New York County Lawyers Association is proud to present the latest episode of Amicus Curiae with Host Daniel K. Wiig. In this episode with speak with the 2022 Edward Weinfeld Award Honoree: Hon. Colleen McMahon.

The Honorable Colleen McMahon is Senior District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. President Clinton nominated Judge McMahon to the Court in 1998, and she served as Chief Judge of that Court from 2016 – 2021. Prior to her federal judicial service, Judge McMahon was a Judge of the New York Court of Claim and Acting Justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1995-1998. The Judge spent nearly twenty years in private practice, and briefly served as speech writer for Donald McHenry, the then- United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations. She is the author of “View from Gabbatha, Mediations from the Bench” and “Meditations for Vestry Members”. Judge McMahon is the 2022 Recipient of NYCLA’s Edward Weinfeld Award, recognizing the Judge McMahon’s distinguished contributions to the administration of justice.

Originally RELEASED NOV 03, 2021

The New York County Lawyers Association is proud to present the 2nd Special Series episode of the Amicus Curiae: The Justice Center Files with distinguished guest Hon. Margaret J. Finerty, Partner, Getnick & Getnick LLP. Host Daniel K. Wiig sits down with Judge Finerty to discuss the important factual details of New York State Gun Laws and the implications of the Supreme Court's decision to hear a challenge to New York’s concealed carry law that limits the ability for people to obtain concealed carry permits to those who can demonstrate “proper cause” to do so. The case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Corlett. The Second Amendment high stakes case will have immediate implications on the constitutionality of New York's Gun Laws.

NYCLA a special series under the NYCLA Amicus Curiae umbrella hosted by Daniel K. Wiig, and titled NYCLA Amicus Curiae: The Justice Center Files. NYCLA created this series to provide a public facing platform for the work the NYCLA Justice Center does in galvanizing the public, education, and the law around issues of civic importance. The inaugural episode features an interview with Judge Jed S. Rakoff discussing his new book Why Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free. Judge Rakoff shares his experiences both from the bench as a jurist for the Southern District of New York, where he now has Senior Status, as well as his 15-year tenure as a criminal defense attorney.

The NYCLA Amicus Curiae Podcast is proud to share the latest episode of the show. Our host Daniel K. Wiig sits down with legal heavy-hitters: Jessica Golden Cortes, Partner, Davis+Gilbert and Brian Heller, Partner, Schwartz Perry & Heller, LLP to discuss the new law amending the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). Employers and Plaintiffs in Sexual Harassment & Sexual Assault cases, what is the best way to resolve the claims? Arbitration or litigation? Where do employees and employers fare best in addressing their issues? The impact on the U.S. Supreme Court's approved use of class action waivers and more will be discussed in this insightful and timely episode.

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Jessica Golden Cortes, Partner, Davis+Gilbert

Brian Heller, Partner, Schwartz Perry & Heller, LLP

The New York County Lawyers Association is proud to present our latest episode of the NYCLA Amicus Curiae podcast with host Daniel K. Wiig. Our guest is Prof. James G. Hodge, Jr., and the topic of our discussion is the United States healthcare system.

• Is healthcare a right or a privilege?
• Should our tax dollars underwrite the cost of those experiencing poverty?
• Do vaccine mandates impede on Americans' constitutional rights?
• What about religious exemptions? Where do we stand?
• What are the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo on public health policy?

Listen as Daniel sat down with Prof. Hodge to elucidate the U.S. healthcare system and its challenges. They discuss the legal implications of recent SCOTUS decisions and the Constitution; Medicare and Medicaid; vaccinations; and the obvious win in addressing consumable vices. This discussion explains the complicated and multifaceted subject of healthcare in the United States. This is an episode you do not want to miss. Listen now!

More About James G. Hodge, Jr.

James G. Hodge, Jr., is the Peter Kiewit Foundation Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and Director of the Center for Public Health Law and Policy at Arizona State University. Prof. Hodge has published more than 300 articles in journals of law, medicine, public health, and bioethics; 2 books in public health law; 25 book chapters; and guest-edited four symposium issues in the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, Jurimetrics, and the Annals of Health Law. He is ranked above the top 1% of downloaded authors in the Social Science Research Network.

Professor Hodge is a national expert on emergency legal preparedness, crisis standards of care, vaccination laws, public health information privacy, and other topics. Before joining the College of Law in 2009, he was a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, and a core faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.