The New York County Democratic Committee, having previously announced the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on the qualifications of candidates seeking the nomination of the Democratic Party for: Civil Court Countywide (two vacancies); First Municipal Court District (one vacancy); Second Municipal Court District (one vacancy); Fifth Municipal Court District (one vacancy); and three (3) incumbents running for re-election to Civil Court, which will be filled in the November election. We are proud to announce that the screening panel for Civil Court 2024, administered by Attorney Lauren A. Jones, consists of:
Brian Karalunas | Armenian Bar Association
Pang-Mei Natasha Chang | Asian American Bar Association of New York
Ronak Patel | Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Elizabeth Malang | Brehon Law Society
Katherine Rosenfeld | City Club of New York
Anthony Mastroianni | Columbian Lawyers Association
Altagracia Nunez | Dominican Bar Association
Caroline Marshall | Fortune Society
Aubrey Hurse | Greater Harlem Coalition
Sonica Dixon | Haitian American Lawyers Association of New York
Ted Anastasiou | Hellenic Lawyers Association
Farimah Ghaffari | Iranian Bar Association
Andrew Johnson “A.J.” Mallon | Jewish Lawyers Guild
Christine Kim | Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York
Robert H. King | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Bar Association of Greater New York (LeGaL)
Shirley H. Smith | Mid-Manhattan Branch of the NAACP
Stephen Louis | New York Law School
Gabriela Pulla | New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Sharday Urtarte | New York Urban League
Claire Mooney | New York Women’s Bar Association
Joshua Goldstein | NYC Bar Trusts, Estates and Surrogate’s Court Committee
Andres Orejuela | P.A.’L.A.N.T.E. Harlem
Elena Makau | Puerto Rican Bar Association
Perry Shusterman | Women’s Trial Lawyers Caucus