Daniel J. Hansen, Partner, Turley, Hansen & Partners, will speak about the appearance of Sheila Birnbaum, Special Master, 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF), who will host a town hall meeting about the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund on July 28 from 6-7:30 p.m. The town hall meeting will take place at City Hall - Council Chambers, 280 Grove Street, Jersey City, NJ. Mr. Hansen will be joined by one of his clients at the meeting.

Troy Rosasco, Partner, Turley, Redmond, Rosasco & Rosasco, has been interviewed for an upcoming episode of “Crossing Continents,” a radio show broadcast by British Broadcasting Company’s (BBC) Radio 4. The air date of Mr. Rosasco’s interview is scheduled to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2011 attacks.

Attorney and author Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. will be able to speak on the upcoming fourth anniversary of the shooting by rap and hip-hop star Remy Ma during her signing of the book, “Living the Wealthy Life” at the Hue-Man Bookstore and Café.

On July 14, 2007, Remy Smith, also known as Remy Ma, shot Makeda Barnes-Joseph twice in the abdomen outside a nightclub. A grand jury indicted Ms. Ma with several counts, including first-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon. In March 2008, a New York County jury found her guilty. Ms. Raysor, who represented Ms. Barnes-Joseph during the trial, implored record companies to impose a morality clause on rap and hip-hop artists who sign onto their labels so that, in the event the artist is involved in any criminal behavior, they would be dismissed from their label.

Noted divorce attorney Steve Gildin says he supports the passage of a bill which legalizes same-sex marriage in New York State. He said the bill’s passage means same-sex couples will enjoy equal rights and can address legal issues in a New York State court without the burden of having to prove the legality of their marriage.

New York State joins Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and the District of Columbia in legalizing same-sex marriages. According to the Williams Institute, a think tank run out of the University of California at Los Angeles, there are an estimated 42,000 same-sex couples in New York, of which 9,000 are married.