The New York County Democratic Committee is pleased to announce the formationĀ of an Independent Screening Panel on March 5th, 2018, to report on candidates for nomination by the Democratic Party for three vacancies on the New York County Civil Court, which will be filled in the November 6, 2018 general election. The panel will also report on whether the service for the last 10 years of current sitting Civil Court Judge and Acting Supreme Court Justice Frank Nervo merits his continuation in office. The panel has received 25 designees from participating bar associations, law schools, and community groups, demonstrating the extensive outreach on behalf the Manhattan Democratic Party to the legal community and the vitality of the civil society surrounding the judiciary here in Manhattan. The panelists will review applicants to the Civil Court and report out those candidates they deem to be most qualified for election to the Civil Court. The designees and their designating organizations are as follows:
Joseph French, Brehon Law Society
Colleen M. Meenan, National Employment Lawyers Association/NY
Devi Vairavan, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys
Schuyler Carroll, New York City Bar Association
Joam Alisme, New York Law School
Dana Stutman, American Academy of Matrimonial Law
Song Kim, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Anais Aguilar-Schiro, Columbian Lawyers Association
Inie Park, Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York
Tiffany Femiano, MFY Legal Services
Evelyn Gong, Asian Bar Association of New York
Pamela B. Goldsmith, The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York (Le-Gal)
Sean Farrow, Metropolitan Black Bar Association
Tina Wells, New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Allison Hobbs, Association of Black Women Attorneys
David Kaminsky, Jewish Lawyers Guild
Carlos Mulles, Dominican Bar Association
Stanley Gleaton, Mid Manhattan Branch of the NAACP
Benjamin Metsch, Fortune Society
Ruben Stepanian, Armenian Bar Association
Carolyn M. Caccese, Women’s Trial Lawyers Caucus
Kimberly Warner, Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation
Brandon Hicks, National Action Network
On May 1, 2018, the Independent Judicial Screening Panel for Civil Court reported the following candidates as most highly qualified for two (2) county-wide Civil Court vacancies and a single vacancy in the 5th Civil Court District:
Shahabuddeen Ally
Lawrence Bosley
Ariel Chesler
Erik Gray
Hilary Gingold
Elsa Marie Hampton
Elyssa Kates
Ilana Marcus
Valentina Morales
Nicholas Moyne
Grace Park
Robert Rosenthal
Thank you to the panel and its administrator for their diligent work.
Sincerely,
Curtis Arluck and Louise Dankberg
Co-Chairs, Judiciary Committee