Lawyers, Courts Grapple With Work During Storm
From the New York Law Journal
Law firms and the courts scrambled this morning to keep employees safe and to maintain some semblance of normal operations as waters began to lap over Manhattan sea walls as fears grew of much worse to come.
Courts and some firms closed, but many lawyers came to work and others worked remotely. But howling winds were a reminder that it was uncertain how long power would be available.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson downtown at One New York Plaza, close to the Staten Island Ferry, is in Zone A, the area under orders to be evacuated. Janice Mac Avoy, a partner and co-head of the firm's real estate litigation group said the firm's office in Washington, D.C.—also in the path of the storm—is closed as well.
"There is likely to be some damage to the building [in New York] given the fact that we are on the water and the storm surge is supposed to be as high as 8-10 feet, but no one seems to be worried about lasting damage," she said in an e-mail.
Meanwhile, the firm set up remote secretarial coverage for those who needed it "including enlisting our London office. Given the easy availability of remote access, it shouldn't be a huge issue for us, although if the power goes out in the suburbs, it will make things more interesting," she added.
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From the New York Law Journal
Law firms and the courts scrambled this morning to keep employees safe and to maintain some semblance of normal operations as waters began to lap over Manhattan sea walls as fears grew of much worse to come.
Courts and some firms closed, but many lawyers came to work and others worked remotely. But howling winds were a reminder that it was uncertain how long power would be available.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson downtown at One New York Plaza, close to the Staten Island Ferry, is in Zone A, the area under orders to be evacuated. Janice Mac Avoy, a partner and co-head of the firm's real estate litigation group said the firm's office in Washington, D.C.—also in the path of the storm—is closed as well.
"There is likely to be some damage to the building [in New York] given the fact that we are on the water and the storm surge is supposed to be as high as 8-10 feet, but no one seems to be worried about lasting damage," she said in an e-mail.
Meanwhile, the firm set up remote secretarial coverage for those who needed it "including enlisting our London office. Given the easy availability of remote access, it shouldn't be a huge issue for us, although if the power goes out in the suburbs, it will make things more interesting," she added.
Read more in our daily News Update...