ALBANY — Monica Skanes, an associate with Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, was recently appointed as the secretary of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.  Ms. Skanes also serves as a co-chair of the NYSBA Section’s Communications Committee.

We need a system that would be inclusive for all New Yorkers. And we need it now. People have suffered and died for the right to vote.

David P. Miranda, the first person in his family to become a lawyer, was recently elected as the State Bar Association president.