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38 Bull. 1 (1997-1998)

handle is hein.baecl/buletin0038 and id is 1 raw text is: U S PuAa~c Vol ~SNo 1 ffalo N 'w- ork-Sptembr-199 by lYnn eradotto Shortly after I took over the presidency in June I wee ved a card from a frIe ~d and committee chair that sa o, Never ooubi that a small group of rhoughaul corn mit cd people can change the w ~r d lnde'~d it is he only hIng that ever has That pint of teamwork s what makes your B a d of Directors tick and what make this Ba Association o s iong and acti c crc is what ha be n happer ng with our Bar Association over the su ~mei On July 1 , 1997, I had the privi ege of addre si approximately 00 mawyci being ad nitt d to the New XorK State Bar in the Fourth Depart nent After the oath was administered to the new lawyers Presiding Justice D nman advised the ~ew y admitted lawyers that they should renew tt at oath frequently in their future years as a lawyer. Good advice for all of u As pad of my me arks to the newly admitted lawyers, I told a true story that I had heard in th Spring from the cur rent Pr sider t of the New York S ate Bar Association Joshua Pruzansky Iwo clients, a man and xs ife came into his office and toid himii anout aii cxpciiciicc they 'mad had iii a diiiei They ordered bre kfast and the v oman wasn t satisf ed with her first order of pancake o she sent them back and asked for a new order She apparently wasn't satisfied with the second order either but the waitress advised her that it was the restaurant s policy not to replace food more than or cc. Sh reluctantly paid her hi I which had amounted to something less th n $5 00 hen r Pmuzansky asked he couple why they were telling him this pancake story, hey replied by aying that they wanted to sue the diner Prtrdn ky ~nquiwu 'Did yua g~t 'ock~' 'Wa there ome foreign object in the pane ke ? [hey replied no' to 1 oth que tior e h n advised the that lawsu were v ry expersi and m w wild require a $10 0 me am ier fee Whe i they null d ou thei che kbook he st pp d t 'icm am d adv ed then that tfey did not ne d a lawy r they need d a )nimittcc So metric tIm be tadvice on I gve cheats istc 11 them that tic are being fooli h or ward or POS( 2 Professor av d D Siegel, Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law ~chool wil return to Buffalo on ri ny, Sc 1. 12 o pines rt his annual semi a on ew York C ivil P actic and (P11 is CI L eminar s asomed by the En Institute of Law, i slat<'d from Siegel to :3 at the Golden allroom in h St tlci low rs wi h registration st inn at 8 0 am Professor Siegel, a rennial favorite lecturer for Bar Association of Erie County membems has been sharing his e ~pertise in Ne's York Ci' '1 Practie' w th th~ BAEC' s'n~ 19 9. A member of th New York State Bar Advisory Committee on Civil Practice and editor of the New York Law Digest he s the author o w Ics in New York Civil Procedure and Conflict I aws His 1997 u ate will look it the following topics among others o New statutes and followup developments, * Reduction of statute of limitations of legal malpractice claims and questions of retroactivity; * Making courLordered services available against corpo rations * Limitation plac d on peremptory challenges, * The worker s compensation change on impleading employers with continuing neti nactivity issues * Developments mu the various procedural Ic i ands of tie fil ng system including Court of App al adopt on ml ris'i iuie icr applying requir rr am defeada it s waiv in of inequminermeats d ten tar att apt to wit draw f oi m infant s ettl' a befoic court ~p rova state s adoptic a of so calle I constitution ml tor eft ct if bankinupte ay o sic f min actions, incluc rag ioreclc sn i, effect mf failure to imely p~?y the anion it of settlement lamntiff's famlur to probe efense at lays blame on others, casualness abc ut notifyi g legal immal practice insurer forf it c mvera~e Antiel 6 right of defendant with nondelegable du y, Court Appeal' 'e a ~ treatment of 60 day em'tr, p~ sion, restitution in tort case wh n it undoes plain - tiff s new lifestyle failure to include C oaf ide itial' on ailing to place of usine s restraining anot en's bank account if judgment debtor uses it, nature of pinoceeding f in confirmirg arbitration a yard tnivo ity sanction for inc s in g trial a case in wh ch party's only witne s can t tes tify any and all procedural changes made by t e delayed 199 Legislature and more The renistra i ma fee is $70 for AFC members. $100 for mon mcmb ins mandont materials a e $ S ft r ttose w o cannot attend [or details phone Cli Cot indinator Marshia J cC arthy at 8 2 86V B Aeret anA citio oe m is ir Pro sun BuoknAar fr po on l igtir o v 11 v1 1 1j 1 on ufl hl ips Ntle iti cok , P. a ac a rta n K i sn oftanda sc ae 1 iAdI Samh ned iv dthe awad!for thirSco imaning rleswarhI ig On A, ing3 th dJoint u and o InFPura nePic e ecn a( IP) 1 aiceo Secon: Lisa L Smith and Alan P.WASishof tPhillips, Lytle, pei u of l'AwK tUI~flCO K, .t....&..u.er continued on page 4 1 1.............. ... .... ... The Bar Assoc'mata f E'e County

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