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“The Haub Law community is thrilled to welcome Professor Roth, a distinguished academic in the health law field,” said Dean Horace E. Anderson, Jr. “Her research and scholarship involving health, social welfare, and equal access to healthcare will contribute greatly to Haub Law’s interdisciplinary approach to the law. Our students, particularly those pursuing our Health Law and Policy Certificate, will benefit tremendously from her leadership and expertise in the constantly evolving field.”

The Committee on Ethics and Professionalism is pleased to sponsor this Ethics Corner column as a service to Westchester County Bar Association members and the public. To suggest future topics, email Committee chair David Evan Markus at davidevanmarkus@ gmail.com.

The beauty of utilizing the doctor/robot concepts is that employing them gets cases to settlement, because the exercise necessarily keeps everyone tethered to reality. No one is going to be able to credibly take a settlement position that is not supported by the data, the odds, and the actual likely value of the case net of costs, because everyone will have had the benefit of objectively diagnosing the case and figuring out its net value.

Supplemental and amended bills of particulars are not defined by how an attorney titles the documents. Regardless of title, the documents are viewed by courts based on their substantive contents. Therefore, issues such as the additional particulars’ timeliness, and their permissible number, will be resolved based on what the document actually “is” and not by what it is “called” by counsel.

As you have heard from me throughout the year, focusing on diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and accessibility is not focusing on giving handouts to the unqualified. It is broadening our horizons as an organization who can only grow by attracting talented members that come from diverse backgrounds and have different perspectives. ... We must continue to foster an environment of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and accessibility as part of our ongoing commitment to our profession and community. I am confident that our future leaders will continue this path, and as a member of our nominating committee for the next few years, I will do what I can to ensure that we nominate leaders with this mindset.