Michael Farkas sworn in as president of the Kings County Criminal Bar
The Kings County Criminal Bar Association (KCCBA) held its annual election to induct Michael Farkas as its new president Thursday night. The meeting, which also featured a program for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits, took place at the Brooklyn Bar Association headquarters at 123 Remsen St.
Michael Farkas brings a second generation of leadership to the Brooklyn Bar, being the son of a former KCCBA President George Farkas. In addition, the young Farkas brought something unique to KCCBA: close personal and professional connections to at least 80 percent of the packed room. More than mentored by his father from a young age, Michael knew he wanted to become a lawyer, so he attended meetings and dinners when his father was a member and officer of KCCBA. He also had been mentored by most of the senior lawyers and judges in the room during his early professional life. He was perhaps the only person in the room, other than Andrew Fisher, who could accurately be called “a child of KCCBA.”
Professionally, Michael Farkas has served as a Wall Street in-house litigator and a homicide prosecutor with the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, where he was an ADA from 1995 to 2003. He also served as senior vice president and associate general counsel with Smith Barney’s litigation division. Since 1995, he has served with the U.S. Army Reserve, where he now holds the rank of lieutenant colonel. He graduated from the University at Albany and Brooklyn Law School.