26th Annual National Hispanic Heritage Month Presentation

OCA@WORK Program's Lunch and Learn Committee

National Hispanic Heritage Month Presentation Featuring:
Retired Supreme Court Justice Edwin Torres

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

 

presentation of plaque
Andrea Hoyte of the Lunch and Learn Committee presents retired Supreme Court Judge
Edwin Torres with a token of appreciation for his 2011 Hispanic Heritage Month presentation.

 

people listening to Judge Torres
Judge Torres explains the impact of being the first Puerto Rican elected to the
NYS Supreme Court

 

Torres holds up clipping.

Judge Torres shows a newspaper clipping from one of his most memorable cases:
The 1991 Brian Watkins Murder Trial.

 

Torres looking to left

Retired Supreme Court Judge Edwin Torres

 

speaking to the audience
Judge Torres shares his role in creating the screenplay for the motion picture, "Carlito's Way"

 

Torres and audience laughing
Judge Edwin Torres recounts a humorous recollection from his years on the bench.