NY Legal Aid Union, Lawyers Settle Discipline Lawsuit

Oct. 3, 2025, 2:34 PM UTC

Suburban New York City legal aid attorneys are settling a lawsuit against their union over discipline they received after speaking out against a resolution they viewed as antisemitic.

The union and three Legal Aid Society of Nassau County attorneys told Southern District of New York Judge J. Paul Oetken on Wednesday they’d reached a settlement in principle, which would be finalized by late October.

The lawyers sued in July 2024 claiming their local chapter of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys retaliated against them for suing in New York state court to stop the union from issuing a resolution they ...

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