10/26/07 - Port Chester Village Justice Jose Castaneda Shares His Thoughts About The Law

Judges mingle at Pace

Pace University law students got to pick the brains of (and have a cocktail with) the black-robe crowd during the annual “Meet the Judges” event at the law school this week.

The judges, some of whom are practicing attorneys, advised and encouraged the students, who weren’t shy about asking the judges for their thoughts about the law.

“For most of us, our bark is worse than our bite,” said Francis Nicolai, the administrative judge for the 9th Judicial District of the state Supreme Court.

The event, sponsored by the Westchester County Bar Association, featured remarks by New York State Bar Association president Kate Madigan, who encouraged students to join the bar association (once they pass it, of course) and told the judges that lobbying state lawmakers to raise judicial salaries is still “the number-one, front-burner issue” for the group.....

.....Acting Village Justices Jose Castaneda (Port Chester), James Badie (Elmsford) and Barry Warhit (Tarrytown).....

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