Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP served as co-counsel with the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law and filed an amicus brief before the New York Court of Appeals in the case of Hurrell-Harring v. New York. The brief, filed on behalf of former prosecutors, including two former elected District Attorneys and a number of former United States Attorneys, calls for an increase in funding and training for lawyers providing legal services for indigent criminal defendants throughout New York State.
Click below to read a copy of the brief or the related press release, "Morgenthau Leads 62 Former Prosecutors in Call for Better Defense of the Indigent," issued by the Brennan Center for Justice.