{"id":379574,"date":"2026-10-22T11:15:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/379574\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T11:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:15:24","slug":"unsung-heroes-brooklyns-bar-association-honors-the-countys-court-attorneys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/379574\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Unsung heroes\u2019: Brooklyn\u2019s Bar Association honors the county\u2019s court attorneys"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Judges,\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Judges, court attorneys and legal professionals gather for the Brooklyn Bar Association\u2019s Fourth Annual Court Attorneys Reception. <\/p>\n

Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

The Brooklyn Bar Association<\/a> took time Monday evening to honor the attorneys whose work in the county\u2019s court system keeps justice moving but rarely receives public acclaim.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you all for coming out tonight to celebrate the often unsung heroes of our judicial system, our court attorneys,\u201d said Brooklyn Bar Association President Dan Antonelli<\/a>. \u201cThe judges seem to get the spotlight all year long. But not tonight. Court attorneys, tonight is about you, and we salute you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Brooklyn Bar Association Young Lawyers Section co-chair Anthony Vaughn, and Brooklyn Bar Association President Daniel Antonelli.Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

There are hundreds of court attorneys in Brooklyn who work alongside the county\u2019s judges, lightening their loads and keeping the courtrooms running by helping to draft opinions, analyze and research legal issues, remain apprised of case records and assist with settlement and pretrial conferences.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Attorneys Arisha Andha and Pamela Walker speak at Monday\u2019s event.Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

Their work is frequently done behind the scenes of the bench or under the shadow of the judge they work with, but at the Brooklyn Bar Association\u2019s Fourth Annual Court Attorney Reception, the organization\u2019s leadership said it believed it was important to spotlight and give proper credit to the people making judges\u2019 jobs possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Former New York State Supreme Court Justices Lawrence Knipel and Mark I. Partnow stand with Supervising Judge of the Kings County Civil Court Carmen Pacheco at Monday\u2019s event.Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

\u201cHistorically, the Brooklyn Bar Association always recognizes the judges in Kings County,\u201d said Anthony Vaughn, co-chair of the organization\u2019s membership committee. \u201cWe\u2019ve recognized there\u2019s an obvious void: that nobody is recognizing the court attorneys in Kings County. I think it goes without saying the tremendous amount of effort and dedication and hard work that each of you put into work every single day deserves to be recognized by the county bar association.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Kings County Civil Court Judge Janice Chen, New York State Family Court Judge Robert Hettleman, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Aaron Maslow, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Patria Frias Colon, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Lisa Lewis, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Joanne Quinones and Kings County Surrogate Court Judge Bernard Graham pose for a photo while honoring court attorneys. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

Beyond words of gratitude, the event offered networking opportunities for court attorneys and other attendees, including grouping reception-goers into small clusters where they\u2019d talk with judges in attendance about how they got to the bench.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Event attendees smile while celebrating the borough\u2019s court attorneys.Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a fellow court attorney, I know exactly how important it is to try to make those connections and build those professional relationships outside of your judges\u2019 chambers,\u201d said Ronald Sylvestre, co-chair of the organization\u2019s Young Lawyers Section<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to put on events that can give lawyers an opportunity to build those connections that are instrumental to your career and also to get to know lawyers outside of your practice area.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Judges, court attorneys and legal professionals gather for the Brooklyn Bar Association\u2019s Fourth Annual Court Attorneys Reception. Photo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,56045,139290,2710,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-379574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-brooklyn-bar-association","tag-court-attorneys","tag-law","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379574","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=379574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}