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Bill Russell Appointed as Co-Chair of New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on the Parole System

07.09.19

Litigation Partner Bill Russell has been appointed as Co-Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s recently announced Task Force on the Parole System. The Task Force will seek to identify problems in the current parole system, with a particular focus on release practices as well as revocation and reincarceration, and propose policy solutions, including new concepts in the administration of the parole system and changes in the law.

Bill’s role as Co-Chair was mentioned in a New York Law Journal profile on the Task Force, which can be found online here (subscription required).

For further information on the Task Force, please click here.