Hon. Colleen McMahon, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York - 2022 Edward Weinfeld Award Honoree

11/04/22 • 53 min

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.

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New York State Gun Laws: A Conversation with Hon. Margaret J. Finerty

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.

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The NYCLA Amicus Curiae Podcast with Host Daniel K. Wiig is honored to present the finale episode of Season 2: The Art of the Law: A Conversation with John Sexton, President Emeritus of New York University, Dean Emeritus of NYU Law School, and Benjamin Butler Professor of Law.

John Sexton is the Benjamin F. Butler Professor of Law at New York University, where he teaches at both the law school and the undergraduate college. He served as the Dean of NYU’s Law School from 1988-2002 and as the Fifteenth President of the University from 2002-2015. He has been called a transformation figure in higher education, one of the 10 best college presidents, and the most effective dean of his generation. He holds degrees from Fordham University and Harvard Law School and, among his profession accomplishments includes clerking for Warren Burger, then-Chief Judge of the US Supreme Court.

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