Miranda Warnings

On his fourth day in office, Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) was on the floor of the House of Representative with members of the Democratic Party leadership, listening to what had been, until Jan. 6, 2021, a routine part of the peaceful transfer of power between outgoing and incoming administrations. Before long, he and other members of Congress were told that there had been a breach and that insurrect...

Smith discusses the role NFL players can take within their communities by getting involved in the political process as well as some of the tangible things players have negotiated with NFL owners including using several NFL stadiums as polling sites, giving the players off on Election Day and how proud he is of players continuing to find ways to protest. They also discuss how the NFL put together a...

Sunstein, who also served as the Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs from 2009-2012, also discuss the attacks being laid against many federal agencies, like the EPA, Department of Labor and the Department of Transportation.  They also discuss the eight ways the 'Rule of Law' fails and how for the most part much of the court have been deciding on over the p...

Fegan, who is a founding member of FeganScott also details how she intends to prove there was a pattern and practice of abuse committed by Weinstein, which would allow for a more safe process for women to come forward to prove damages on an individual basis. In another civil case where she is lead counsel, Fegan talks about her current class-action suit against the NCAA and her case against former...

Vincent Bonventre is the Justice Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law School and he returns to make his fifth appearance on the show.  He and David discuss the Supreme Court’s most recent cases. Miranda Warnings is hosted by NYSBA’s 118th President David Miranda.

Toobin discusses some of the decisions made by key players involved with the Russia investigation including; James Comey, Robert Mueller, Bill Barr, and Rudy Giuliani, one of whom, in Toobin's view, committed one of the greatest failures of lawyering in American history. Buy 'True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump, here. - https://www.amazon.com/True-Crimes-Misdemeanors-In...

Loretta Lynch served as the 83rd Attorney General of the United States from 2015-2017 under President Barack Obama and she joins David for a wide-ranging conversation.  She discusses her history prosecuting police brutality cases in New York, the Trump administration's decision to stop Obama era policies regarding community policing, and how it was a missed opportunity to continue the reform proce...

Dr. Don Levy is the director of the Siena College Research Institute and he joins the show to talk about some of the recent Presidential polls and what the data is saying about Joe Biden's chances to win the election.  Plus he shares some tips that people can use to identify the differences between a 'good poll' and a 'bad poll,' and he discusses some of the recent polls he's conducted on Governor...

Mimi Rocah spent 17 years as an Assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of New York.  She joins the show to talk about her experience working under Republican and Democratic administrations. She also discusses her view of Attorney General Bill Barr's continued overreach in cases against associates of President Donald Trump and his continued lies about how former US Attorney Geoffrey Berman...

Ben Meiselas, partner at the Los Angeles law firm Geragos & Geragos, joins the show to talk about the Houston Astros cheating scandal and the lawsuit his client, Mike Bolsinger, has filed against the team for allegedly ruining his career.  Meiselas who heads the civil litigation department at Geragos & Geragos details what the alleged wrongdoing by the team, how the team deployed technolog...

Scott Malouf, a social media lawyer and co-chair of the NYSBA Social Media committee joins the show to talk about censorship on social media, the recent executive order signed by President Trump that seeks to prevent online censorship and the recent changes to the ethics laws surrounding attorney advertising and its impact on the legal community.

Leonard Zeskind, author of Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream and founder and president of the Institute for Research & Education of Human Rights is today’s guest. He talks to David about the growth of the White Nationalist movement and why its seen enormous growth since 2016. He also talks about the differences between white na...

Marian C. Rice (L’Abbate Balkan) & David Schraver (Nixon Peabody) join the show to talk about the NYSBA Working Group to Reopen Law Firms and the model reopening plan the working group released last week to help law firms get back to work as quickly as possible, while protecting employees and clients.  They discuss the 9 key guidelines in the plan, what steps firms should take to ensure they’r...

This week’s guest is New York’s Secretary of State Rossana Rosado, who joins the show to talk about the 2020 Census; why its so important it is for New Yorkers to fill it out and how plans for door-to-door census takers have changed due to the COVID-19. Secretary Rosado also dispels some common misnomers about the Census and gives tips on how New Yorkers can identify scam attempts. Fill out the Ce...

Jack Newton, CEO and co-founder of the legal technology company Clio joins David to discuss the help they’re providing the New York State Bar Association to launch a pro bono initiative, how the embrace of  technology has changed the legal profession in the wake of the COVID-19 health crisis, and dispel the myth that lawyers are slow to adapt to technology.

Recorded at the 2020 Annual Meeting  Brenda Berkman, activist, artist, and the first female firefighter in FDNY history, joins David to talk about her trailblazing career, the obstacles women still face and why the number of female firefighters is so low.  Miranda Warnings is hosted by NYSBA’s 118th President David Miranda. 

Domenick Napoletano (Brooklyn, NY)  and June Castellano (Rochester, NY), co-chairs of the NYSBA Emergency Task Force for Solo and Small Firm Practitioners join David to talk about the work they’re doing to help lawyers impacted by the COVID-19 public health crisis.  With more than half the members of the State Bar Association working as solo or small firm practitioners, they discuss the areas wher...

Paul Weiss, chairman Brad Karp along with partners Robert Atkins and Michael Gertzman join David to talk about the firms Coronavirus Resource Center and how the public, small businesses, and those in need the most can utilize it to make sense of the hundreds of federal, state and local relief programs. Paul Weiss Coronavirus Resource Center 

Jonathan Lippman, former Chief Judge of New York, joins David to talk about the partnership between NYSBA and the NYS Court System to build a pro bono network of lawyers in response to the coronavirus pandemic.  

Hank Greenberg, President of the New York Bar Association and Judy Perry Martinez, President of the American Bar Association join David to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting the U.S. courts and legal system and how bar leaders are addressing this crisis. Martinez provides an update on the steps courts are taking to ensure employee safety, while also continuing to operate and serve i...

Max Kenner, Executive Director of the Bard Prison Initiative joins David to discuss what the BPI does, why college-in-prison programs are essential to reducing recidivism and how prisons are adapting and preparing for the coronavirus.  The conversation begins with a discussion about the effectiveness of college-in-prison programs, how these programs benefit inmates, and how prior to the 1994 'Clin...

Terri Gerstein, Director of the State and Local Enforcement Project at the Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program, joins David to talk about the gig economy and the impact it's having on workers and companies.  Gerstein talks about the need to get a true reporting of how many workers participate in the gig economy, the responsibilities companies like Uber, Lyft, Handy and Task Rabbit have t...

Hermes Fernandez, chair of the NYSBA Health Law Section joins David to talk about issues surrounding the coronavirus, how public health authorities have responded to the pandemic and what powers they have to curb the spreading of the virus.  Fernandez who is a health law partner at the firm Bond, Schoeneck & King in Albany, talks about the testing process in New York; who can get tested, who c...

Robert Masters, chair of the New York State Bar Associations Criminal Justice Section joins David to talk about the controversial bail and discovery law reforms recently enacted by the New York State Legislature. Masters, who served as Executive Assistant District Attorney in Queens County for 30 years, talks about how the arcane and aged court system in New York led to the setting of bail for low...

Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign, joins David to talk about his upbringing in Liberia, trailblazing career in government and the agenda he's laid out for the Human Rights Campaign. Alphonso, the first black man and the first openly gay man to serve as Chief Counsel to the Governor of New York State, talks about his role in drafting the Marriage Equality Act and how that piece...