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Commercial and Federal Litigation Section Newsletter

FALL 2019

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Message from the President . . . . 3
Hank Greenberg


Message from the Chair . . . .  4
Laurel R. Kretzing 


Notes from the Spring Meeting . . . .  6
Natasha Shishov and Ignatius Grande


Smooth Moves 2019: Career Strategies for Attorneys of Color . . . .  9
Colby Creedon


Law Day 2019 . . . .  11
The Hon. Colleen McMahon


NYIAC Talks: Bar to Bench Dialogue—The Role of the New York State Court in International
Arbitration with Reception Welcoming Justice Scarpulla . . . . 14
Alan W. Bazil


Taking the Lead: Winning Strategies and Techniques for 
Commercial Cases . . . .  15
Moshe Boroosan


Spring Meeting Photos . . . .  18-20


Commercial Arbitration at Its Best: Tips and Tools for Parties and Their Counsel . . . .  22
Ashley Alenick


Meeting the Justices of the Commercial Division, New York County: Motion
Practice Before the Commercial Division . . . .  24
Alan W. Bazil 


CPLR Amendments: 2019 Legislative Session . . . .  25


2019 Amendments to the Uniform Rules for Supreme and County Courts, Rules 
Governing Appeals, and Certain Other Rules of Interest to Civil Litigators . . . .  26


Proposed Rules of Interest to Civil Litigators . . . .  27


The Section Welcomes New Members . . . .  30


The Section’s District Leaders . . . .  31


Section Committees and Committee Chairs . . . .  32


Section Officers and Former Section Chairs  . . . . 34

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The Commercial and Federal Litigation Section Newsletter features updates on Section activities, programs and events; recent legislation; and information about current issues. Edited by Prof. Mark L. Davies, the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section Newsletter is published three times per year by the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section and distributed to Section members free of charge.

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