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We had a beautiful day on October 6, for our Golf Outing, held this year at the Brae Burn Country Club.  The course was beautiful. The Club staff were helpful, and the food and service were excellent.

CALLING ALL WCBA MEMBERS Get published in 2026 The WCBA is soliciting articles from our members for a special edition of the Westchester Bar Journal. Submission Deadline: November 20, 2025

The WCBA’s Westchester Lawyer magazine is a monthly digital publication that features articles on timely legal topics and highlights the WCBA’s events and activities, continuing legal education opportunities, seminars and more. A link to the online Magazine is emailed monthly to attorney members, business affiliate members and top business professionals throughout Westchester. It is available to all visitors to the WCBA website as an interactive, printable PDF at https://www.wcbany.org/?pg=magazine. Circulation: 1700 plus web archive.

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As we are all aware, in order for Santa Claus (yes, there is a Santa Claus) to come down the chimney of your home, he must first land on the roof of your home. He does not come to the front door and ring the doorbell. If he did, it would eliminate the surreptitious nature of his visit. Neither a child nor their parent wants to encounter dear old Santa in the middle of the night. It may not be a pleasant encounter—Mr. Claus is a very busy man on Christmas Eve. He is like an attorney who has to file a brief by the next morning… 

In this feature, Tejash V. Sanchala, Board Member and Employment Law Committee Co-Chair, interviews WCBA members about their experiences and insights.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is proud to announce that five renowned environmental scholars and practitioners will join the Law School as Haub Visiting Scholars. These distinguished scholars—Sam Bookman, Monika Ehrman, Marianne Engelman-Lado, Douglas Kysar, and Jim Salzman—will bring their expertise to Pace through guest lectures, faculty collaboration, and working with students in the Environmental Law Program and beyond. Funding for the Haub Visiting Scholars was made possible by a gift from the Haub family in recognition of the essential role of environmental science, informatics and other technology and allied fields towards formulating environmental policy and law.

“The Haub Visiting Scholars program is a transformative opportunity for both the scholars and the Pace Haub Law community,” said Katrina Fischer Kuh, Faculty Director of the Environmental Law Program and Haub Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law. “Each of these visiting scholars brings not only a unique depth of knowledge in their respective fields, but also a practical viewpoint and understanding of pressing environmental challenges and the need for innovative solutions. Each Haub Visiting Scholar will enrich classroom discussions, foster new research collaborations, and inspire the next generation of environmental leaders.”

It is not unusual for a New Yorker who is faced with the prospect that their spouse will need long-term care in a nursing home (or at home for the rest of their life) to seriously contemplate the possibility of divorce. 

If the necessary party is not subject to the jurisdiction of the court and cannot be summoned into the court, CPLR 1001(b) provides the court with a binary choice:  it may deny the dismissal motion and allow the action to proceed without the necessary party, or it may dismiss the action because of the necessary party’s absence.

That outreach sparked the creation of the WCBA Working Parents Subcommittee, housed under our Attorney Wellness Committee. The goal was simple but powerful: to create space for lawyers who are balancing the demands of practice with the equally demanding responsibilities of parenting and family caregiving, and to recognize that their experience deserves visibility, respect, and support.