Richmond County Republican Lawyers Association

04/24/2017

Excellent commentary by Daniel Leddy in today's Staten Island Advance

May 1 is Law Day. Celebrated annually since 1958, it implements a proclamation by President Dwight D. Eisenhower urging Americans to reflect proudly on the legal system bequeathed to them by the founding fathers. The American Bar Association selects the...

02/14/2017

Congratulations to the Staten Island Republican Party's 2015 Candidate for District Attorney, Joan Illuzzi, for successfully securing justice today for the family of Etan Patz. Joan spent the better part of the past 3 1/2 years on this case, which is the largest and most publicized cold case conviction in NYC history.

A former store clerk was convicted Tuesday of murder in one of the nation's most haunting missing-child cases, the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz on the way to the school bus stop 38 years ago. Pedro Hernandez, who once worked in a convenience store in Etan's neighborhood, had...

01/03/2017

Congratulations to RCRLA Vice-President James Thomson for becoming a named partner of the law firm of Scamardella, Gervasi, Thomson & Kasegrande P.C.

12/07/2016

Good luck to RCRLA member Assemblyman Ron Castorina as well as Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis in their fight to prevent the de Blasio administration's unlawful destruction of records. Best wishes to their attorney, RCRLA Secretary Jeffrey Alfano, and RCRLA Treasurer, Paul Marrone, who is Chief of Staff to Assemblywoman Malliotakis.

Two Staten Island lawmakers have sued the city to get an injunction against Bill de Blasio’s plan for purging the records of the municipal identification program.

11/29/2016

The RNLA is currently looking for volunteers who would be willing to travel for potential recounts in various states to stop the effort to undermine President-Elect Trump’s victory. Preference will be given to those who are willing to travel long-term. Please note your recount experience and/or if have ever been an EDO Director in the form below.

Joe Borelli, Vinny Ignizio, Assemblyman Ron Castorina, Brendan T. Lantry, James Thomson, Paul Marrone, Jeffrey Alfano, Maria Emanuel, James West

11/17/2016

Great profile of RCRLA Secretary, Jeffrey Alfano

Jeffrey Alfano, 37, always wanted to be a small part of what "makes our democratic society great."

11/03/2016

"In the next five years, we will have an almost completely different bench than it is right now," Lantry said. "It's incumbent on the Republican Party and the attorneys in the Republican Party to collaborate on fundraising and volunteer efforts."

One of the reasons for creating the Richmond County Republican Lawyers Association is to "build a bench for the bench."

11/03/2016

Very exciting news for lawyers here on Staten Island. At long last, New Jersey and New York have agreed to reciprocity with each other!

Attorneys who practiced for five of the last seven years are eligible to apply. Other rules can be found on the website below.

The RCRLA has been closely monitoring this decision, engaging in constant communication with the NJ Supreme Court and NY Office of Court Administration.

NEW JERSEY BOARD of BAR EXAMINERS

10/30/2016

We need to send Dan Donovan back to Congress! If you're available to serve as an election lawyer or to volunteer in another capacity on Election Day, please contact Giuseppe Vincent at [email protected].

Republican lawmaker has taken care of business.

10/30/2016

"One can envision the ease by which a terrorist or other criminal could easily obtain this form of identification to perpetuate criminal activity," RCRLA member and Assemblyman Ron Castorina writes in an Oct. 20 letter to Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo.

"In short, your direction to New York's banking community lacks appropriate due diligence for the enormity of the action you undertook."

Some small banks already accept the card, and Mayor Bill de Blasio has fought the notion that the cards aren't secure.

10/30/2016

Congratulations to all who passed the New York Bar Exam, especially RCRLA member James West!

Of the 10,297 who sat for the July exam, 6,570 passed the test, for a passage rate of about 64 percent. This was the first group of applicants in New York to...

10/30/2016