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Powered by Contact USI Affinity at 1.855.USI.0100 or www.NYSBAInsurance.com www.NYSBAInsurance.com JournalNEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Prof. Michael L. Fox, Chair Kelly McNamee, Vice Chair Prof. Hannah R. Arterian Marvin N. Bagwell Jacob Baldinger Brian J. Barney Mark Arthur Berman Earamichia Brown Hon. Janet DiFiore Daniel H. Erskine Michael W. Galligan Sarah E. Gold Ignatius A. Grande Mohammad Hyder Hussain Prof. Michael J. Hutter, Jr. Hon. Barry Kamins Elena DeFio Kean Paul R. Kietzman Daniel Joseph Kornstein Ronald J. Levine Peter H. Levy Julia J. Martin David P. Miranda Gary R. Mund Marian C. 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Finerty The Importance of Communication in 17 The Beleaguered Sport of Thoroughbred Horse the New Normal Racing by Carol Schiro Greenwald by Bennett Liebman 40 Hilary on the Hill On Capitol Hill, It’s Already 2022 22 Georgia vs. New York on Voting Rights: No Contest by Hilary Jochmans by Brad Karp and Robert A. Atkins 43 Attorney Professionalism Forum 25 The Supreme Court and Voting Rights: Time by Vincent J. Syracuse, Adam M. To Intervene Felsenstein and Alyssa C. Goldrich by Michael Glanzer 47 State Bar News in the Journal 30 Beyond Surrogacy: Parentage Under the Child Parent 50 Classifieds Security Act by Mariette Geldenhuys 51 Marketplace 52 Meet the Officers 34 Using Technology To Assist Treatment Court Participants in the Age of COVID-19 54 Sustaining Members by Susan Sturges and Steven Helfont 57 2021–2022 Officers 58 The Legal Writer The Journal welcomes articles from members of the legal profession on subjects of interest to New York State lawyers. 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