20th Anniversary Celebration

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On June 28, 2011, the original members and staff of the New York State Judicial Commission on Minorities reunited with members of the current Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission on Minorities to celebrate 20 years of a positive impact on the advancement of minorities in the courts, and for promoting cultural diversity and sensitivity.

Franklin H. Williams at Court of Appeals

Franklin H. Williams & Edna Wells Handy,
former Executive Director of the NYS Judicial Commission on Minorities

Judge Wachtler with Franklin H. Williams and Court of Appeals Judges

Alice Chapman-Minutello, Hon. Kathie Davidson, Hon. Juanita Bing-Newton and
Barbara Zahler-Gringer, Esq.

Associate Justice 4th Dept. Appellate Division, Hon. Samuel L. Green

Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau,
Presiding Justice Luis Gonzalez and
Hon. Nicholas Figueroa

Chief Judge of the State of New York,
Hon. Jonathan Lippman

Associate Justice Theodore T. Jones,
Hon. Richard B. Lowe III &
Associate Justice Carmen Ciparick

Joyce Y. Hartsfield, Dr. Maria Ramirez and
Hon. Rose H. Sconiers

Justice Ariel E. Belen and
Associate Justice Ciparick

Hon. Richard B. Lowe III, Lester Sconiers, Esq., Associate Justice Sam Green, Associate Justice Theodore T. Jones and Hon. Charles Willis

Linda Chin, Esq., Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, Edna Wells Handy, & Presiding Justice 4th Dept. Appellate Division, Hon. Henry J. Scudder

Hon. Theodore T. Jones & Tony Walters, Director of Workforce Diversity Office

Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan and Dr. Maria Ramirez

Hon. George B. Daniels, US District Court Southern District and Hon. Eduardo Pardo

Dr. Maria Ramirez & Justice Rose H. Soniers

Edna Wells Handy & Hon. Sol Wachtler

Former Commission Members,
Pamela Hayes, Esq. and Bradley Backus, Esq.

Hon. Ariel E. Belen, Hon. Carmen Ciparick, Nadine Johnson, Esq. & Lenore Kramer, Esq.

Hon. Charles Willis, former Administrative Judge for the 7th Judicial District

Hon. Fern Fisher, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for NYC, Hon. Judith S. Kaye & Commission Member, Nadine Johnson, Esq.

Hon. Judith S. Kaye and Associate Justice of the 4th Dept, Appellate Division and Chair of the Franklin H. Williams Commission,
Hon. Rose H. Sconiers

Hon. Rose H. Sconiers & Hon. Sol Wachtler

Hon. Sol Wachtler

Tony Walters, Barbara Zahler-Gringer, Esq.,
Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan, Hon. George Daniels, Hon. Eduardo Padro, Hon. Nicholas Figueroa, Nadine Johnson, Esq. & Linda Chin, Esq.

Jane Lowe, Hon. Judith S. Kaye &
Commission Member Hon. Richard B. Lowe III

Lori Douglass, Esq. and Commission Members Renee Myatt, Esq. & Lenore Kramer, Esq.

Nadine Johnson, Esq., Hon. Ann Pfau &
Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan