Career Networking Mixer – Latino Lawyers Association
Elevate your aspirations, expand your network and forge invaluable connections at an evening where aspiring legal minds connect with influential decision-makers, distinguished figures shaping the legal landscape and influential voices driving change.
•Former NYC Corporation Counsel
•The first African American and Caribbean woman to hold the highest-ranking legal position in New York City. She was appointed by the Mayor on February 25, 2022 as the 81st Corporation Counsel, overseeing one of the largest municipal legal agencies in the nation.
Clarissa M. Rodriguez, Esq.
•President and Commissioner of the New York State Workers' Compensation Board and the nation's largest municipal legal agencies.
New York City Sheriff
Anthony Miranda
•Distinguished 42-year career in law enforcement after joining the New York Police Department in 1982 and being appointed Sheriff of the city in May 2022.
Queens District AttorneyMelinda Katz
•The first woman to serve as Queens County District Attorney in January 2020.
Bronx District Attorney
Darcel D. Clark
•Became the 13th District Attorney for Bronx County on January 1, 2016.
•She is the first woman to hold that position and the first African-American woman to be elected District Attorney in New York State.
ABOUT THE
Latino Lawyers Association
of Queens County
Distinguished Latino Lawyers Association Members
Honorable Joseph A. Zayas
• Chief Administrative Judge
• First Latino to head Chief Administrative Judge in NYS
Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz
• First Dreamer and Colombian born elected official in the United States.
Honorable Carmen R. Velásquez
• Supreme Court Judge of Queens County
• First Ecuadorian judge in the United States
Honorable Karina E. Alomar
• Supreme Court Judge of Queens County
• The first Puerto Rican woman to be elected to the bench in Queens County Civil Court in 2018.
Honorable Nestor H. Diaz
• Queens County Criminal Court Judge • The first male Dominican elected to Civil Court in Queens County in November 2020.
Honorable Joaquin E. Orellana
• Bronx County Civil Court Judge
Honorable Lumarie Maldonado Cruz
• Queens Criminal Court Judge
Honorable Edwin I. Novillo
• Judge Novillo is currently an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court in Queens County.
Honorable Diego A. Freire
• Queens County Criminal Court Judge
Honorable Lissette G. Fernandez
• Peekskill City Judge • The first Latina and first woman to hold that position in February 2020.
A. Camila A. Popin Esq
• President of the Latino Lawyers Association
Honorable Linda K. Mejias-Glover
• Nassau County Family Court Judge • The first person of Latina descent to be elected judge in Nassau County Court in 2017.
Honorable Lourdes M. Ventura
• NYS Appellate Division Judge
• The first Latina officer of the Women’s Bar Association of NYS. • The first Latina President of the Queens County Women’s Bar Association.
Honorable Ada D. Medina
Honorable Gary F. Miret
• Acting Justice of Queens County Criminal Court • NYS Court of Claims Judge
Honorable Gilbert Badillo
• Supervising Judge of the Queens County Housing Court – Retired
Honorable Sandra M. Muñoz
• Queens County Civil Court Judge
Honorable Mary Bejarano
• Acting Supreme Court Judge Criminal Term Queens County
Honorable Enedina Pilar Sánchez
• Queens County Housing Court Judge
• The first Cuban born Housing Court Judge in New York City appointed June 2014
Honorable Fernando Camacho
• Acting Supreme Court Justice of Suffolk County
• NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct
Honorable Sandra Perez
• Civil Court Judge of Queens County
Honorable Zoila Cassanova
• Passaic County Surrogate Court Judge
Honorable Joseph A. Zayas
• Chief Administrative Judge
• First Latino to head Chief Administrative Judge in NYS
Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz
• First Dreamer and Colombian born elected official in the United States.
Honorable Carmen R. Velásquez
• Supreme Court Judge of Queens County
• First Ecuadorian judge in the United States
Honorable Karina E. Alomar
• Supreme Court Judge of Queens County
• The first Puerto Rican woman to be elected to the bench in Queens County Civil Court in 2018.
Honorable Nestor H. Diaz
• Queens County Criminal Court Judge • The first male Dominican elected to Civil Court in Queens County in November 2020.
Honorable Joaquin E. Orellana
• Bronx County Civil Court Judge
Honorable Lumarie Maldonado Cruz
• Queens Criminal Court Judge
Honorable Edwin I. Novillo
• Judge Novillo is currently an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court in Queens County.
Honorable Diego A. Freire
• Queens County Criminal Court Judge
Honorable Lissette G. Fernandez
• Peekskill City Judge • The first Latina and first woman to hold that position in February 2020.
A. Camila A. Popin Esq
• President of the Latino Lawyers Association
Honorable Linda K. Mejias-Glover
• Nassau County Family Court Judge • The first person of Latina descent to be elected judge in Nassau County Court in 2017.
Honorable Lourdes M. Ventura
• NYS Appellate Division Judge
• The first Latina officer of the Women’s Bar Association of NYS. • The first Latina President of the Queens County Women’s Bar Association.
Honorable Ada D. Medina
Honorable Gary F. Miret
• Acting Justice of Queens County Criminal Court
• NYS Court of Claims Judge
Honorable Gilbert Badillo
• Supervising Judge of the Queens County Housing Court – Retired
Honorable Sandra M. Muñoz
• Queens County Civil Court Judge
Honorable Mary Bejarano
• Acting Supreme Court Judge Criminal Term Queens County
Honorable Enedina Pilar Sánchez
• Queens County Housing Court Judge
• The first Cuban born Housing Court Judge in New York City appointed June 2014
Honorable Fernando Camacho
• Acting Supreme Court Justice of Suffolk County
• NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct
Honorable Sandra Perez
• Civil Court Judge of Queens County
Honorable Zoila Cassanova
• Passaic County Surrogate Court Judge
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