In New York City, Dyan Gershman is an accomplished legal practitioner who founded Gershman Law, PLLC, in 2014 and serves as its managing partner. Over the course of her two-decade legal career, Dyan Gershman has provided numerous U.S. and international clients with personalized legal advice, focusing on corporate matters such as mergers and acquisitions, technology and intellectual property licensing, and other corporate and commercial matters. She is also a longtime member of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY).
In January 2022, the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York applauded the response of the state’s governor to the juvenile justice system of New York. Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill that stops the process of treating unruly behaviors of children aged seven to 12 as juvenile delinquents. Rather than taking the cases to the juvenile justice system, the bill introduces separate programs for children in the age bracket whose behavior translates into a violation of the law. Advocates believe that the former system treats children like criminals, even for crimes that are not violent. The purpose of the response programs is to reduce the rate of interactions between juveniles and the justice system since these exposures could hamper their education and future career development, among other things. Other potential risks include suicidal thoughts and mental illness. It appears that leniency due to their young age may be a more humane and practical approach.
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