\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHigh praise\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, Brooklyn Democratic Party chair and assemblymember, said it\u2019s been a privilege knowing Howard personally and professionally, and her elevation from Housing Court to New York City Civil Court is well earned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt reflects decades of service, careful judgment and steady commitment to fairness, neighborhoods and everyday lives,\u201d Bichotte Hermelyn said. \u201cBrooklyn is better served because Judge Howard is on the bench.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hon. Adam Silvera, deputy chief administrative judge for NYC Courts, noted that justice is not an abstract concept and lives in the everyday struggles of real people, \u201cfamilies fighting eviction, workers seeking unpaid wages, neighbors resolving disputes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTonight we introduced a judge who has devoted her career to understanding that fundamental truth,\u201d Silvera said.<\/p>\n
Hon. Frank Seddio also praised Howard and her wife. \u201cWe are really fortunate to have such a distinguished couple on the bench,\u201d Seddio said. \u201cThank you for letting us have the privilege of these two wonderful people serving us here in the Brooklyn judiciary.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Brooklyn got it right\u2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hon. Edwina Richardson called Howard \u201ca gift to the legal profession, a gift to the court system and a gift to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Richardson explained that Howard is unique in that she gives care and patience to everyone who appears in her courtroom. \u201cShe ensures that people are heard and are treated with care, dignity and respect.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jennings called her partner \u201ca loving mother and the sweetest person you\u2019ll ever want to meet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJuliet has a big heart and is incredibly compassionate, and people who come into her courtroom see that,\u201d Jennings added. \u201cWe needed someone like her. Brooklyn got it right.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
After being sworn in, Howard addressed the crowd. She expressed extreme appreciation for all the support. She also spoke about relatives no longer with her physically but whose spirits have inspired her and continue to guide her, specifically her mother and grandmother.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll that I have accomplished is because of their support for me,\u201d Howard said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Background\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before being elected as a Civil Court judge, Howard sat on the bench in Brooklyn Housing Court for five years. She also served as a court attorney for the New York State Unified Court System in New York County.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Howard\u2019s legal career included serving as an adjunct clinical instructor at Brooklyn Law School\u2019s Elder Law Clinic and as a staff attorney at The Legal Aid Society, Civil Division.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Howard earned her BA from Barnard College of Columbia University, a JD from Brooklyn Law School and an MFA in Creative Writing from The City College of New York.<\/p>\n
She is a member of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association, the Judicial Friends Association, the International Association of LGBTQ+ Judges, the Brooklyn Bar Association and the Brooklyn Women\u2019s Bar Association.<\/p>\n
Howard is a widely published poet, author, educator and emerging essayist, as well. For the last 15 years, Howard has curated a monthly community-based literary salon and open mic series in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"High praise\u00a0 Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, Brooklyn Democratic Party chair and assemblymember, said it\u2019s been a privilege knowing Howard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,3308,48737,52006,52007,20777,15313,52008,9,24,63,4116],"class_list":["post-118108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-daily-bulletin","tag-induction","tag-judicial-appointment","tag-juliet-howard","tag-legal","tag-legal-community","tag-lgbtqia-lgbt-lgbtq-lgbtqia","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-wayne-daren-schneiderman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}