Metropolitan Black Bar Association honors Judge Fern Fisher and Letitia James
The Metropolitan Black Bar Association held its 34th annual awards gala at Pier Sixty in Manhattan on Friday where five members of the local legal community including Justice Fern A. Fisher and Public Advocate Letitia James.
This year’s theme was “Impacting Our Profession, Impacting Our Community” and attorneys Midwin Charles and Joey Jackson served as hosts.
Justice Fisher, who now serves as special assistant for social justice initiative to the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, was given the Jurist of the Year Award. James received the Public Servant of the Year Award.