The Future of the Courts in a Post-COVID Era May 26, 2021 The Future of the Courts in a Post-COVID Era Series Sponsors: ______________________________________ Program Sponsor: ______________________________________ The Future of the Courts in a Post-COVID Era May 26, 2021 SPEAKER BIOGRPAHIES LANCE DARNELL CLARKE, ESQ., is a graduate of Tufts University and Suffolk University Law School in Boston, MA. Clarke has been practicing law in New York State for over forty years. As the managing attorney of the Cooke & Clarke Law Firm of Garden City, L.I., he specializes in municipal law, real estate, commercial, and estate litigation. He is currently General Counsel to the Roosevelt (Long Island, NY) Fire District and the Hempstead Village Housing Authority. He is also Special Counsel to the Hempstead Village Community Development Agency. Clarke is the retired Village Justice of the Village of Hempstead and served as an Acting City Court Judge in the City of Long Beach (NY). He served as Appointed Counsel to the Deputy Speaker of the New York State Assembly. As a retired Magistrate Judge, he currently serves as Special Referee for the Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department. He is a former Village Trustee and Deputy Mayor of Hempstead, Past President of the Nassau County Bar Association, and a member of the Office of Court Administration’s Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) Advisory Committee since 2008. During his career, he has received numerous awards for public service. HENRY M. GREENBERG, ESQ., is the immediate past President of the New York State Bar Association, the largest voluntary state bar association in the nation. A former Counsel to the New York State Attorney General, General Counsel to a major New York State agency, and federal prosecutor, Greenberg has handled numerous high-profile matters. He concentrates his practice on civil litigation, criminal and civil investigations, and regulatory and administrative law. From 2007 to 2010, Greenberg served as Counsel to then New York State Attorney General (now Governor) Andrew M. Cuomo. He also served as General Counsel for the New York State Department of Health from 1995 to 2000. Other government posts he has held include: Counsel to the Lieutenant Governor of New York State (1995), an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York (1990 to 1995), and law clerk to then Associate Judge (later Chief Judge) Judith S. Kaye of the New York Court of Appeals (1988–1990). In June 2020, Greenberg was appointed by the Hon. Janet DiFiore, Chief Judge of the State of New York, to serve as Chair of the Commission on the Future of New York’s Courts. He is Counsel to the New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination, which nominates New York’s Court of Appeals judges, and chairs the Third Department Judicial Screening Committee. He also is a member of the State Judicial Screening Committee, the New York State Judicial Institute on Professionalism in the Law, and the Advisory Group of the New York State and Federal Judicial Council. He is Vice Chair of Statewide Programming for the Historical Society of the New York Courts, a Life Fellow of the New York Bar Foundation, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Greenberg is a frequent lecturer and has been published numerous times on a wide range of legal subjects. HON. LAWRENCE K. MARKS was appointed New York’s Chief Administrative Judge in 2015. In that role, he oversees the day-to-day administration and operation of the statewide court system, with a budget of $3 billion, over 3,000 state and local judges, and 15,000 nonjudicial employees in over 300 locations. He previously served as First Deputy Chief Administrative Judge, Administrative Director of the Office of Court Administration, and Special Counsel to the Chief Administrative Judge. Prior to joining the state court system, he was senior supervising attorney with the Legal Aid Society in New York City, a litigation associate with Hughes Hubbard and Reed, and law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Thomas C. Platt. In 2009, he was appointed by Governor David Paterson as a Judge of the New York State Court of Claims; he was reappointed to that position in 2015 by Governor Andrew Cuomo. He has served as an adjunct professor at the law school and graduate school levels and is the editor and co-author of New York Pretrial Criminal Procedure (Thomas Reuters) as well as the author of many articles and government reports on justice system issues. Among the numerous awards he has received, he has been honored for judicial leadership by the Judicial, Criminal Justice, and Family Law Sections of the New York State Bar Association. He graduated from the State University of New York at Albany (magna cum laude) and Cornell University Law School (cum laude, Law Review Editor). PRESS RELEASE New York State Contact: Unified Court System Lucian Chalfen, Public Information Director Arlene Hackel, Deputy Director (212) 428-2500 Hon. Lawrence K. Marks Chief Administrative Judge www.nycourts.gov/press Date: June 17, 2020 Chief Judge DiFiore Names Commission to Develop Comprehensive Vision for the Court System of the Future NEW YORK−Chief Judge Janet DiFiore today announced the appointment of a new commission charged with examining the enhanced use of technology and online platforms, among other innovations, and making recommendations to improve the delivery and quality of justice services, facilitate access to justice and better equip the New York State court system to keep pace with society’s rapidly evolving changes. Comprising a distinguished group of judges, lawyers, academics and technology experts, the Commission to Reimagine the Future of New York’s Courts will explore regulatory, structural, technological and other innovations, providing short-term recommendations as the courts resume in-person operations while developing a blueprint for the court system of tomorrow. To this end, the Commission will obtain widespread input through public comment, targeted outreach and the views of experts, proposing practical reforms that may be implemented by the Court System or Legislature. Judge DiFiore has called upon Henry Greenberg, a partner at Greenberg Traurig LLP and immediate past president of the New York State Bar Association, to spearhead this effort. Mr. Greenberg will serve as Chair of the Commission. “While a tragedy, the COVID-19 crisis has been an impetus for innovation, leading us to examine what we have learned from the pandemic and how to best move forward. The pandemic’s dramatic impact on court operations has paved the way for the embrace of new technologies and approaches, with a focus on fairness, efficiency and efficacy. I am eager to work with Hank Greenberg and the Commission members as we seek to remove barriers to justice and prepare the Court System to effectively meet the justice needs of New Yorkers in the years ahead,” said Chief Judge DiFiore. “I thank Chief Judge DiFiore for the honor of chairing the Commission and working with such an extraordinary group of judges and lawyers. The COVID-19 pandemic offers a unique opportunity to reimagine how courts deliver services and consider innovative proposals for the justice system of the future. The Commission, therefore, will explore the enhanced use of technology and online platforms, and regulatory and structural innovations, to more effectively and efficiently adjudicate cases and improve the accessibility, affordability and quality of legal services for all New Yorkers,” said Henry Greenberg. A roster of the Commission members follows. Chair Henry M. Greenberg Members Hon. Ariel E. Belen, Retired Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department, and Administrative Judge of the Supreme Court, Kings County Mark A. Berman, partner, Ganfer Shore Leeds & Zauderer, LLP T. Andrew Brown, managing partner, Brown Hutchinson LLP; Vice Chancellor, New York State Board of Regents; president-elect, New York State Bar Association Hon. Anthony Cannataro, Administrative Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York Mylan L. Denerstein, partner, Gibson Dunn LLP Hon. Craig J. Doran, Administrative Judge for the Seventh Judicial District Richard A. Edlin, Vice-Chairman, Greenberg Traurig, LLP Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Dennis E. Glazer, retired partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell Hon. Timothy C. Idoni, County Clerk of Westchester Hon. Edwina G. Mendelson, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives Seymour James, partner, Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco Brad S. Karp, chairman, Paul, Weiss Roger Juan Maldonado, partner, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP; immediate past President of the New York City Bar Association Jack Newton, chief executive officer & co-founder, Clio Sharon M. Porcellio, member, Bond Schoeneck & King; co-chair, Advisory Group to the New York State Federal Judicial Council Paul C. Saunders, chair, New York State Judicial Institute on Professionalism in the Law Arthur J. Semetis, president, Arthur J. Semetis, P.C. Paul Shechtman, partner, Bracewell Michael A. Simons, Dean, St. John’s Law School Madeline Singas, Nassau County District Attorney Hon. Leslie E. Stein, Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals Ari Ezra Waldman, Professor of Law and Computer Science, Northeastern University School of Law and Khoury College of Computer Sciences (as of 7/1/20) # # # PRESS RELEASE New York State Contact: Unified Court System Lucian Chalfen, Public Information Director Arlene Hackel, Deputy Director (212) 428-2500 Hon. Lawrence K. Marks Chief Administrative Judge www.nycourts.gov/press Date: August 5, 2020 Chief Judge’s Commission to Reimagine the Future of NY’s Courts Issues First Set of Recommendations NEW YORK–The Commission to Reimagine the Future of New York’s Courts, chaired by former New York State Bar Association President Henry M. Greenberg, today issued a report outlining recommended plans and goals for restarting in-person court proceedings, including grand juries and jury trials.