Mascia Appointed NYSBA Committee Chairperson
June 7, 2024Effective June 1, 2024, Henry Mascia is the chairperson of the New York State Bar Association’s (NYSBA’s) Committee on Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction. Appointed by NYSBA President Domenick Napoletano, Esq., Henry will serve a three-year term.
According to the NYSBA, the mission of the Committee on Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction is to:
- Engage attorneys, members of the judiciary, judicial staff, academics, and other interested parties in discussion of current issues in appellate practice;
- Report on the need for statutory and procedural rule changes to improve the administration of justice in state and federal appellate courts located in New York;
- Educate attorneys and pro se litigants about the subject of appellate practice by producing educational materials and sponsoring programs to enhance their skills in perfecting, briefing, and arguing appeals, and engaging in appellate motion practice; and,
- Act to promote access to appellate courts and assist the administration of justice by, for example, supporting programs to aid indigent litigants with pending appeals.
