People v Thomas (William), 2011 NY Slip Op 51338(U)(App. Term 1st Dept. 2011)
“Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York County (Alfred Cooper, J.H.O.), rendered January 15, 2009, after a nonjury trial, convicting him of two counts of disorderly conduct, and imposing sentence.”
Does anyone know if this is the same judge Cooper who sat in District Nassau for a gazillion years?
I remember when I first started in this practice, I appeared before Judge Cooper in District Nassau, Third District, Great Neck Part (when there was a Great Neck part).
I had an IME no-show cross-motion for summary judgment, in opposition to a Plaintiff’s summary judgment motion. This was before the first Fogel and about contemporaneous to Millenium, so there was an open question as to whether the failure to appear for two IMEs was an absolute defense to no-fault benefits.
My motion was withdrawn, sua sponte, and was converted to an opposition. I asked the judge why he did that, and he said because that is what I meant to do. There was no use arguing with him, unless I wanted to be held in contempt. I still to this day fail to understand what happened.
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Not sure if its the same guy or not, but I suspect regular Nassau County practitioners could fill pages of comments dedicated to the former Judge Cooper. I have more than a few stories.
Cry me a river Jason.
I don’t know if anyone is going but there is a hearing tomorrow before the Special Commission On Judicial Compensation. The purpose of the hearing is public comment. I intend to be there and make a statement strongly advocating that the Judiciary be given their pay raises.
In order to attract and retain the best and brightest you have to compensate.
This is an important issue.