NYSBA Welcomes New Committee Chairs and Leaders
7.9.2020
Seven new members have joined NYSBA’s executive committee and new leaders have taken over the association’s committees and sections. Congratulations to the new chairs, co-chairs, vice-chairs and Executive Committee members. Thank you for your willingness to serve.
New Committee Chairs
Animals and the Law
Ashlee Cartwright, Chair
Pine Island
The Salvation Army
Charis B. Nick-Torok, Vice Chair
Charis Nick-Torok
Poughkeepsie
Attorney Professionalism
Vivian Wesson, Chair
New York City
Marsh & McLennan Companies
Jean-Claude Mazzola, Vice Chair
Mazzola Lindstrom
New York City
Bar Leaders of New York State
Aimee Richter, Co- Chair
Lee Anav Chung White Kim Ruger & Richter
New York City
Kaylin Whittingham, Co-Chair
Whittingham Law
New York City
Cannabis Law
Lynelle Kathleen Bosworth, Vice-Chair
Greenberg Traurig
Albany
Civil Rights
Matthew W. Alpern, Co-Chair
NYS Office of Indigent Legal Services
Latham
Hanna F. Madbak, Co-Chair
Bailey Duquette
New York City
Disability Rights
Allison K. Morris, Co-Chair
Cuddy Law Firm
Briarcliff Manor
Joesph J. Ranni, Co-Chair
Ranni Law Firm
Florida, N.Y.
Families and the Law
Linda Gehron, Co-Chair
Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society
Syracuse
Finance
John H. Gross, Chair
Ingerman Smith LLP
Hauppauge
Immigration Representation
Hasan Shafiqullah, Chair
The Legal Aid Society
New York City
Law, Youth & Citizenship
Gail Ehrlich, Chair
Mount Vernon
Jay Worona, Vice-Chair
New York State School Boards Association
Latham
Legal Education and Admission to the Bar
Marta Galan Ricardo, Co-Chair
Columbia Law School
New York
David R. Marshall, Co-Chair
Locke Lord
New York
Mass Disaster Response
David Fischler, Chair
David H. Fischler
Smithtown
Howard Protter, Vice-Chair
Jacobowitz & Gubits
Walden
Task Force on Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities
Hermes Fernandez, Co-Chair
Bond, Schoeneck & King
Albany
President’s Committee on Access to Justice
Edwina Frances Martin, Co-Chair
Richmond County Public Administrator
Staten Island
Andrew Brown, Co-Chair
Brown Hutchinson
Rochester
Tiffany D. Liston, Co-Chair
Mobilization for Justice
Bronx
Professional Ethics
Richard Hamburger, Chair
Hamburger, Maxson, Yaffe & McNally
Melville
Review Judicial Nominations
Claire P. Gutekunst, Chair
Judges & Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert
Yonkers
Technology and the Legal Profession
Gail Gottehrer, Co-Chair
Law Office of Gail Gottehrer
Stamford, CT
Ronald Hedges, Co-Chair
Dentons US
New York, NY
Shawndra G. Jones, Vice Chair
Epstein Becker & Green
New York City
Veterans
Art C. Cody, Co-Chair
Veteran Advocate Project
New York City
New Section Chairs
Business Law Section
Anthony Q. Fletcher
Law Office of Anthony Q. Fletcher
New York City
Commercial and Federal Litigation Section
Jonathan B. Fellows
Bond, Schoeneck & King
Syracuse
Dispute Resolution Section
Laura A. Kaster
Laura A. Kaster
Princeton, N.J.
Elder Law and Special Needs Section
Matthew J. Nolfo
Matthew J. Nolfo & Associates
New York City
Environmental and Energy Law Section
Nicholas Ward-Willis
Keane & Beane
White Plains
Food, Drug & Cosmetic Law Section
Larissa Cuccurullo Bergin
Jones Day
Washington, DC
General Practice Section
Domenick Napoletano
Law Offices of Domenick Napoletano
Brooklyn, NY
Health Law Section
Karen L.I. Gallinari
Pace University, Elisabeth Haub School of Law
White Plains, NY
Intellectual Property Law Section
Michael A. Oropallo
Barclay Damon
Auburn
International Section
Jay L. Himes
Labaton Sucharow
New York City
Judicial Section
Hon. Barbara Kapnick
NYS Appellate Division, 1st Dept.
New York, NY
Labor & Employment Law Section
Christopher A. D’Angelo
Con Edison
New York City
Real Property Law Section
Ira Goldenberg
Goldenberg & Selker
White Plains
Young Lawyers Section
Michael Drew DiFalco
Aiello & DiFalco
Garden City
Executive Committee Members
VP 7th District
Mark J. Moretti
Phillips Lytle
Rochester
VP 9th District
Hon. Adam Seiden
Mount Vernon City Court
Mount Vernon
VP 11th District
David Louis Cohen
Law Office of David L. Cohen, Esq.
Kew Gardens
Member-at-Large
Jean F. Gerbini
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna
Albany
Member-at-Large
Sarah E. Gold
Gold Law Firm
Albany
Member-at-Large
Ronald C. Minkoff
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
New York
Member-at-Large
Mirna M. Santiago
Girls Rule the Law
Pawling