| |
CONGRATULATIONS:
July, 2007 - Marc J. Whiten - Jude of
the Civil Court of the City of New York
September 26, 2006 - MBBA Installation of
President Nadine C. Johnson; Officers: Pres-Elect
Xavier R. Donaldson, VPs Natasha Demosthene, Monica
D. Dula, Earl Wilson, Treasurer Marc K. Battle,
Secretary Carrie' Solages; New Board Members: Joseph
M. Drayton, Spencer C. Gibbs, Denise L. Quarles, Dakota
Ramseur, Alvin M. Yearwood & Presentation to Scholarship
Fund Recipients: Lloyd Freeman, Rutgers Law School;
Melissa Guillaume, Hofstra Law School; and
Precious Williams, Rutgers Law School - hosted by
founding member & 1st VP George Madison at TIAA-Cref.
September 27, 2006 - Bronx Bar Association
Installation - President Joyce Hartsfield - held at
Maestros in the Bronx.
September 30, 2006 - Lifetime Member Derek
Sells & the Cochran Firm awarded the "Roy Wilkins
Civil Rights & Social Justice Award" along with the Hon.
Percy Sutton who will be awarded the "Lifetime
Achievement Award" by the NAACP, Mid-Manhattan Branch with a
gala luncheon from 12 noon to 5 pm at the Greentree Country
Club, Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, NY - Tickets: $75.00 -
For more info contact 212 749-2323.
October 3, 2006 - The Office of the Appellate
Defender Gould Awards for Outstanding Oral Advocacy to
Bettina B. Plevin and Evan R. Chester, 6:15 pm, Greenberg
Lounge, Tishman Auditorium, NYU - For more info & tickets
contact 212 402-4100.
October 4, 2006 - Past Board Chairperson
Cornett L. Lewers honored as "Dedicated Pro Bono Counsel" by
Manhattan Legal Services.
November 2, 2006 - Founder Hon. George
Bundy Smith and Past Treasurer Barry R. Clarke
will be honored by the Tribune Society with a gala dinner
starting with cocktails at 6 pm at the Marina Del Rey, One
Marina Drive, Bronx, New York. Tickets: $80.00 - For more
info contact - 646 386-4711; 646 386-3681; 646 386-5972.
(click here for
information)
November 8, 2006 - Retirement Celebration for
Hon. Lewis L. Douglas, 6 pm to 10 pm at the
Mariott Hotel, Brooklyn Bridge, Adams Street - Tickets:
$90.00 - For more info contact: 347 296-1539; 212 428-2791
November 14 or Wed,15, 2006 - Annual Judiciary
Night at the Queens Museum - Hon. George Bundy Smith,
Honoree - contact Queens County Womens Bar Assoc.
NEW POSITIONS:
Founding member & MBBA Lawyer of the Year for 2005,
Darrell S. Gay joined DLA Piper as parter in its Labor
and Employment practice group. He was formerly at Coudert
Brothers LLP where he led that firm's Labor and Employment
Litigation Group. This month he was elected as a fellow in
the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.
Treasurer Marc K. Battle has been named Assistant
Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
99 Hudson Street, Suite 1600, New York, NY 10013
Marguerite Holmes has been named Deputy Public
Administrator of Westchester County, 140 Grand Street, Suite
902, White Plains, New York 10601
PRO-BONO:
Past President William D. Bowman is serving in a pro
bono capacity as Board Chairperson of Bedford-Stuyvesant
Community Legal Services Corporation, 1360 Fulton Street,
Suite 301, Brooklyn, NY 11216 |
