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About the Speaker
Louis A. Craco
Chairman, NYS Judicial Institute on Professionalism in the Law
Louis A. Craco is chairman of the New York State
Judicial Institute on Professionalism in the Law, having been
appointed by Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye upon formation of the
Institute in 1999. Previously, from 1993 to 1995, he had chaired the
Chief Judge’s Committee on the Profession and the Courts, which had
recommended, among other things, the creation of the Institute.
Mr. Craco practiced for 47 years with Willkie Farr & Gallagher in
New York City, where his practice centered on business litigation and
arbitration and he headed the Litigation Department for 25 years. Upon
his retirement from Willkie Farr & Gallagher, he became Of Counsel
to Craco & Ellsworth, a firm established by one of his three
lawyer sons. He is active as an arbitrator in international and
domestic business disputes.
In 1982-1984, Mr. Craco was President of the Association of the Bar of
the City of New York. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial
Lawyers and of the American Law Institute and a Life Member of the
American Law Institute.
Mr. Craco graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester,
Mass., and New York University Law School, where he was a Root Tilden
Scholar.
Past Speakers
| September 21, 2004 |
Robert J. Grey
Jr.
American Bar Association President
"Legal Ethics in the 21st
Century"
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| November 12, 2003 |
James B. Comey
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
"Fighting Terrorism and Protecting
Civil Liberties"
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| January
22, 2003 |
Stanley
L. Cohen, ‘83
Attorney of Law
"Deconstructing Ethical
Considerations 2-26, 2-27, 2-28, and 2-29
A textual and historical analysis"
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| October 11, 2001 |
Professor William H. Simon
Saunders Professor of Law Stanford University
Visiting Professor, Columbia University
"The Role of the Public Official's Lawyer: A Case
Study from the Clinton Era"
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October 11, 2000
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Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Center
"Private Lives and Professional Responsibilities?
The Relationship of Personal Morality to Lawyering and
Professional Ethics"
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November 9, 1999
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The Honorable Roger J. Miner
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
"Professional Responsibility in Appellate Practice:
A View from the Bench"
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April 16, 1998
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Ronald K. Noble
Professor of Law,
New York University School of Law
Former Under Secretary for Enforcement, U.S. Department
of the Treasury
"Investigating Leaks: A Necessary Undertaking for
Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr"
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April 3, 1997
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Bill Wagner, Esq.
Past President,
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Senior Partner, Wagner, Vaughan & McLaughlin, P.A.
"Legal Ethics in a Confrontational Society"
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March 28, 1996
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Monroe H. Freedman
Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics
Hofstra University School of Law
"Ethical Obligations of Prosecutors in Death Penalty
Cases"
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April 27, 1995
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Linda Fairstein, Esq.
Chief, Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit
New York County District Attorney’s Office
"Sex Crimes and the Media"
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April 5, 1994
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The Honorable E. Leo Milonas
Chief Administrative Judge, State of New York
"Matrimonial Lawyers and Ethical Problems"
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Nov. 19, 1992
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The Honorable Robert Johnson
Bronx District Attorney
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| April 8, 1992
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Professor Stephen Gillers
New York University School of Law
"The Owl and the Fox: The Transformation of
Legal Work in a Commodity Culture"
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May 3, 1990
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The Honorable Guy J. Mangano
Presiding Justice, Appellate Division, 2d Dept.
Louis Gerstman, Esq.
Chief Law Clerk, Appellate Division, 2d Dept.
Gary L. Casella, Esq.
Chief Counsel
Grievance Committee, Ninth Judicial District
Jerome Karp, Esq.
Attorney to attorneys in disciplinary hearings
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