Miranda Warnings

The Johnny Depp v Amber Heard defamation trial did more than fill the gossip columns in the tabloids. The case demonstrated the expanded use and power of social media often by third parties not involved in the actual case. The latest episode of "Miranda Warnings", host David Miranda breaks down the trial and the effects that social media use had in the case and in the court of public opinion. Join...

Miranda Warnings host David Miranda is joined by NYS Court of Appeals expert and law professor Vin Bonventre and political strategist Liz Benjamin. The Roundtable guests discuss recent efforts to influence the commission considering candidates for Governor Hochul to nominate to the NYS Court of Appeals. They also break down the winners and losers in the summer primaries and look forward to the gen...

New York State Bar Association General Counsel David Miranda hosts a lively roundtable with political strategist Liz Benjamin and constitutional law professor Vin Bonventre. They discuss the swing to the right of the US Supreme Court through its rulings handed down in the Spring of 2022.   Rulings on reproductive rights, gun rights and religious rights were just three of several issued the court d...

"Miranda Warnings" host David Miranda is joined by Albany law professor and constitutional scholar Vin Bonventre and former journalist and political strategist Liz Benjamin. The roundtable discuss the recent resignation of Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and what is next for the state's highest court.  

In June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the New York State Law governing the process to obtain a conceal carry permit for a firearms. In the case of the New York State Pistol and Rifle Association v Bruen , the high court found that the “probable cause” language in New York’s law was unconstitutional, ruling that part of the law was in violation of the second amendment. In response, Go...

David Miranda took on the issue of cameras in the court and access by the public and the media in this week's episode of his podcast "Miranda Warnings." The issue came back into the public eye recently with several high profile trials like Kyle Rittenhouse, Derek Chauvin and the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard defamation case. The New York State legislature also took up the issue of New York's law gove...

Sherry Levin Wallach, the 125th President of the New York State Bar Association discusses her priorities as she begins her term. She is focusing on the issues of membership growth and the future of practice in New York. What will legal practice look like going forward in a post-pandemic New York? How can we combat isolation, reconnect and handle mental health challenges facing both clients and the...

New York State Bar Association President T. Andrew Brown joins Miranda Warnings to discuss his term as president, guiding the organization through COVID, and taking on major social issues. The 124th President of NYSBA discusses how he raised the profile of the organization through taking on injustice, advancing the organization internationally and providing members support through the pandemic. 

In a special edition of Miranda Warnings Supreme Court expert Prof. Vincent Bonventre and political insider Liz Benjamin discuss the leak of the Supreme Court's draft decision on abortion. Vincent Bonventre is a recognized Supreme Court expert and Justice Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law School. Liz Benjamin is managing director at Marathon Strategies and is former ho...

Author, journalist and Supreme Court expert Linda Greenhouse discusses the court's conservative transformation and her book "Justice on the Brink."   Pulitzer Prize winner Linda Greenhouse shares her deep understanding of the Supreme Court and lays out how the institution has gone from being seen as above the political fray to being a deeply political institution.   Her book "Justice on the Brink...

New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera discusses the success of charitable bail funds, bail reform and parole reform in this lively episode of Miranda Warnings. Rivera, who is chair of the Senate's Health Committee also discusses the state's approach to the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine mandates. 

On this week's episode Judge Robert E Bacharach of the United States Court of Appeals 10th District discusses his book  "Legal Writing: A Judge's Perspective on the Science and Rhetoric of the Written Word." Bacharach discusses how lawyers can craft their arguments to have the most impact in the courtroom. You can order the book here. 

This week on Miranda Warnings defense attorneys J. David Hammond and Melissa Swartz discuss their succesful efforts to exonnerate Anthony Broadwater who served 16 years in prison for the rape of author Alice Sebold. The attorneys detail how a producer on a film adaptation of Sebold's book started to doubt Broadwater's guilt which lead to a reopening of the case.  Hammond and Swartz detail their le...

This week David Miranda and Vincent Bonventre dive into the many substantial cases facing the Supreme Court this term, including a case involving New York's gun laws and abortion access. Bonventre examines Chief Justice Roberts' evolving role as a moderate voice.   Bonventre is the Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law School and this is his 7th appearance on the Miranda W...

Manhattan District Attorney elect Alvin Bragg, the first Black man elected to the office, chats with David Miranda about the challenges facing his office, the reforms he wants to make and major investigations involving President Donald Trump’s businesses and Malcom X.  

If Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger had it to do all over again, he thinks he would confront Kyle Rittenhouse with the images of Gaige Grosskreutz “with his arm nearly blown off” and video of Joseph Rosenbaum “gasping out his least breath.”

Abrams who served as attorney general from 1979-1993, talks about how he viewed his position as a way to do important work for the people of New York as well as talking about his legacy and who he sees as the person in New York politics that continues to carry on his legacy. He shares more stories from his new memoir, The Luckiest Guy in the World: My Journey in Politics , including how kept the N...

McGhee, the former president of the think-tank Demos, discusses the costs racism has for white people and how it continues to be the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. She details the history of towns and cities across the country shuttered public pools rather than integra...

Cohen, a partner at Morrison and Foerster in New York talks about her experience prosecuting former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, while she was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. She also reveals the two big mistakes that Silver made, which ultimately led to his conviction on felony charges.  Cohen also discusses the recommendations of the NYSBA Task Forc...

Santiago who is a member of the law firm Hurwitz and Fine also discusses how systemic racism has an impact on education, which has been exacerbated over the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent school closures. She also shares some ways which these problems can be solved. Santiago also chairs NYSBA’s Committee on Diversity and Inclusion which created a 28-Day Racial Equity Challen...

Miller, NYSBA's 121st President and Minkoff, a partner at Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz , lay out the details of their complaint against Guiliani in their first in-depth interview on the matter. Miller talks about why he felt compelled to file a complaint after his belief that Giuliani's behavior warranted this act was validated by leaders from New York's organized bar. Miller also passionat...

Prof. Mukhurjee is the director of the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School.  She shares what she witnessed at the border, including the deplorable conditions children were being kept in and what is happening to reunite the over 500 children that have been separated from their parents.  She then discusses her involvement in a case involving forced sterilization of detainees in Georgia....

They take a deep dive into the cases against the USPS and Donald Trump and their potential impact on infringing on the voting rights of millions of Americans.  We also talk about the disastrous consequences of Shelby County vs. Holder a case that stripped key provisions from the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Professor Bonventre also discusses how the role of Chief Justice John Roberts will evolve once again, now that there is a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court. He also previews some of the cases the court is likely to decide on this term, including LGBTQ rights and gun rights. On a more light-hearted note, Bonventre also reveals what Alicia Keys, Jon Bon Jovi, Dr. Fauci and his Grandfath...

Figliuzzi also discusses the intelligence failures in the run up to that fateful day and how politics may have played a factor into why the Capitol was left unprotected. He is also the author of the new book The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau’s Code of Excellence and he shares some stories from his FBI days, the FBI’s core values and how James Comey failed to live up to one of Figliuzzi’s “Seven C’s.”...