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2013 Supreme Court Independent Judicial Screening Panel Report

The following were approved by the Independent Judicial Screening Panel for consideration for the three (3) 1st Judicial District Supreme Court vacancies to be elected at the general election on November 5, 2013:

Hon. Arlene Bluth
Hon. Raymond Bruce
Hon. Kathryn Freed
Hon. Marcy Friedman
Hon. Tanya Kennedy
Hon. Kelly O’Neill Levy
Hon. Andrea Masley
Hon. Robert Reed
Hon. Lori Sattler

In addition to the above, the following candidates were previously qualified by Independent Judicial Screening Panels and remain eligible for consideration:

Hon. Arthur Engoron
Hon. Barbara Jaffe
Hon. Debra James
Hon. Peter Moulton
Hon. Anil Singh

We extend our gratitude to the Panel and its Administrator, Tracee E. Davis, of Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP, for their diligent work.

Thank you,

Curtis Arluck and Louise Dankberg

Co-Chairs

Judiciary Committee

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Supreme Court Screening Panel

On July 8th, the New York County Democratic Committee announced the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for three (3) vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November general election. The heads of numerous bar associations, community organizations and law schools nominated the following members to the panel, which will be directed to report a total of no more than the nine (9) most highly qualified candidates for the three (3) vacancies:

Designating Organization
First Name
Last Name
The New York City Bar Mitchell Auslander
Association of Black Women Attorneys Tamika Bent
Puerto Rican Bar Association David B. Cabrera
LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York Jason Davidson
Dominican Bar Association Brent English
Columbian Lawyers Association Elizabeth Filardi
Jewish Lawyers Guild Norman Flitt
Brehon Law Society James P. Gilroy
Cardozo Law School Sanford Hausler
West Side
SRO Law Project		 Luis Henriquez Carrero
NAACP Mid Manhattan Branch Jennifer Jones
Womens Bar- NYC Chapter Eve Jordonne
Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York Karen Kim
Asian Americans for Equality Steve Madra
GMHC Mona Moayad
Asian American Bar
Association of New York		 Yasu Saito
New York State Trial Lawyers Assn. Josh Silber
Metropolitan Black Bar Association Asha Smith
CUNY Law Nicole Smith
Commercial Litigation Section, NYSBA Vincent J. Syracuse
Urban League Raquel A. Thompson
Association of Legal Aid Attorneys Munonyedi Ugbode
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Adam John Wolff