New York State Trial Lawyers Association honors Judges Rivera and Spodek at Women In Law reception
March 11, 2024 Special to IN PUBLIC SERVICE
Justices Jenny Rivera and Ellen Spodek and NYSTLA Pres-Elect Victoria Wickman, Law Offices of Victoria Wickman.
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The Women’s Caucus of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) gathered at Manhattan Penthouse on Thursday in front of a standing-room-only crowd to honor two trailblazing women in law: Judge Jenny Rivera and Judge Ellen Spodek.
Trial Lawyers President David Scher and President-elect Victoria Wickman hosted the event where Rivera, the second Hispanic woman to serve on New York’s highest court, talked about her mother and immigrant roots.
“A person like myself, born poor on the Lower East Side to migrant parents, I was not meant to have this life, but I’m very grateful I was able to make that possible. But as you know, that is not true for many people today, and frankly, that is not how it should work. The story my mother was told and that she believed in was that she wouldn’t have much but that her children would have more — that’s true — and her children’s children would have more.