Jan 28th, 2015

FKB’s Mike Furman was honored at the New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting for his service as Chair of the Trial Lawyers Section, 2014-15


FKB’s Mike Furman was presented with a plaque commemorating his service as the Chair of the Trial Lawyers Section of the New York State Bar Association, 2014-15 at the Annual Trial Lawyers/TICL Dinner at Cipriani’s on January 28, 2015. In attendance at the 2015 Annual Trial Lawyers/TICL Dinner were prominent New York trial lawyers and jurists from the Court of Appeals, the First, Second, Third and Fourth Departments of the Appellate Division, and numerous trial judges from the five counties of New York City and across New York State. The Honoree for the 2015 Annual Trial Lawyers/TICL Dinner was Hon. Leslie E. Stein, who has been recently nominated to the Court of Appeals by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The Trial Lawyers Section of the New York State Bar Association has over 2,000 members throughout New York State, and during Mike’s tenure, the Trial Lawyers Section sponsored numerous CLE lectures involving issues related to trial practice and courtroom skills, and held a successful annual summer meeting in Sonoma, California.

photo-1-30-15-a photo-1-30-15-b photo-1-30-15--c photo-1-30-15-d