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ETKS Partners Donald M. Thompson, Rhian Jones, and Brian Shiffrin mentioned in Democrat and Chronicle Article Regarding Letter Sent to the Monroe County Executive and Legislature

Posted by on December 9, 2019 in Firm News | 0 comments

ETKS partners Donald M. Thompson, Rhian Jones, and Brian Shiffrin are mentioned in the Democrat and Chronicle article below regarding their letter sent to the Monroe County Executive and the Monroe County Legislature indicating that the newly passed County Ordinance is unconstitutionally vague, overly broad in its potential to prohibit certain legal conduct, and violates the First Amendment.   See the article here...

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ETKS Managing Partner Donald M. Thompson Appears on Local Radio Broadcast WXXI Connections to Discuss New Bail Reform Law

Posted by on December 8, 2019 in Firm News | 0 comments

Please check out Managing Partner Donald M. Thompson on the podcast link below from his most recent time on WXXI’s Connections with Evan Dawson in which he discusses New York State’s Bail Reform Law that goes into effect on January 1, 2020. You can listen to the podcast from the link below:  ...

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ETKS Partner Brian Shiffrin is quoted at length in Rochester Beacon Article regarding James Moore, New York State’s longest serving prisoner

Posted by on September 26, 2019 in Firm News | 0 comments

ETKS Partner Brian Shiffrin, is quoted at length in this Rochester Beacon Article regarding James Moore, New York State’s longest serving prisoner, in his quest for parole and clarifying the misreprenstations made by the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office. See the full article...

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ETKS partners discuss Flowers v. Mississippi on WXXI’s Connections

Posted by on July 11, 2019 in Firm News | 0 comments

Partners Don Thompson and Bill Easton joined the host of WXXI’s Connections, Evan Dawson,  on July 9, 2019 to discuss the impact of the recent United States Supreme Court Case Flowers v. Mississippi and their own experiences with the jury selection process in State and Federal Courts, specifically peremptory strikes and Batson challenges. To listen to the show in its entirety click on this...

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Partner Bill Easton representing a capitally-charged defendant in the Northern District of New York

Posted by on April 18, 2019 in Firm News | 0 comments

Bill Easton, together with the Federal Public Defender is representing William Wood, Jr. in the only capitally-authorized case in the Northern District of New York.  See news coverage...

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