Diversity Committee (Trial Lawyers)

The Trial Section’s Sub-Committee on Diversity and Inclusion seeks to break down the long-standing barriers that have prevented diverse attorneys from succeeding in the legal profession.  Our goal is to cultivate diversity within the legal community and work with law schools, law students, practicing lawyers, and law firms throughout New York State to promote diversity both inside and outside the court room.

Committee Co-Chairs

Angélicque Moreno

Avanzino & Moreno, Brooklyn, NY

Angélicque Moreno has been principal and partner at Avanzino & Moreno since 2008 in Brooklyn, NY. She focuses her practice on labor law and construction accidents, product liability, premises liability, negligent security, civil rights violation and automotive cases. She has honed her trial skills at several firms throughout New York and has successfully overseen hundreds of cases from their inception up to and including trial throughout her career.

Her understanding of the profound impact that accidents have upon individuals and their families, and her ability to translate legal concepts of fault and damages to a jury in “everyday” terms have allowed her to achieve substantial results for victims suffering from life altering injuries. To her credit, she has numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements.

Ms. Moreno received a B.A. from Binghamton University in 1990 and a J.D. and from Northeastern University School of Law in 1993. She is very active in the legal community, most recently as President of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers (2019-2020) and sits on the Academy’s Judicial Screening Committee since 2014. She is also active in the leadership of the New York State Bar Association, the Brooklyn Bar Association, the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association, and the New York City Trial Lawyers’ Alliance.

She has lectured frequently on a variety of topics for the NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers, and has contributed to the Annual Update series for over ten years as a presenter and in recent years as co-author of the Labor Law section.

Katherine A. Buckley, Esq.

Gale Gale & Hunt LLC, Fayetteville, NY

7136 East Genesee Street, Fayetteville, NY 13066 (street address)
P.O. Box 97, Fayetteville, NY 13066 (mailing address)
Tel 315-637-3663 Fax 315-637-3667
gghlawoffice.com