Brooklyn worker’s discrimination case reopened as court awards fees and damages
December 24, 2025
The Appellate Division has awarded damages and attorney’s fees to a former Café Gitane waitress.
The Appellate Division has awarded damages and attorney’s fees to a former Café Gitane waitress.
The Appellate Division has upheld a ruling by Justice Debra Silber in a case brought by two Brooklyn homeowners.
A state appeals court has ruled that a bank followed the required legal steps to move ahead with a foreclosure.
Grace Bonilla, a graduate of Brooklyn Law School, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team.
Guadagnoli’s story begins much earlier, though, with a Brooklyn upbringing steeped in family, language and hard work.
Christina Golkin never set out to be the face of change. She has become a defining voice in Brooklyn’s legal community.
Justice Cheryl Chambers urged Touro Law grads to persist through doubt, saying success isn’t about perfection — but resilience.
The Brooklyn Bar Association held a Meet and Greet with Breon Peace, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, in Brooklyn Heights on Wednesday night. The event
While the legal community awaits the announcement of the next Chief Judge of the State, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday that she has appointed Justice E. Jeannette Ogden to
It is becoming harder and harder for New Yorkers with the right-to-counsel to actually get that right and the New York State Bar Association is hoping to help. The State
A Bay Ridge tradition that was put on pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic is back this winter as the Bay Ridge Lawyers Association will once again host its annual
On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams made big news when he announced a new plan to address the City’s severe mental health crisis where he directed city workers to hospitalize any
The New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) has a racial bias problem, and it is one that is so obvious that the organization was outed by one of
During the spring and summer of 2020, while New York City was still recovering from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, lawyers in Brooklyn tried to figure out how
Among the honorees at this year’s Brooklyn Bar Association annual awards were some of the usual names, like Hon. Frank Seddio, a past president of the association and a former
The Brooklyn Bar Association held its Annual Awards ceremony on Wednesday where it honored eight people including three who received the inaugural Lynn R. Terrelonge Bridge to Diversity Awards. Lynn
Governor Kathy Hochul still has not picked a replacement for Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, who announced her retirement earlier this year, however, Hon. Anthony Cannataro will serve as acting chief
The Brooklyn Bar Association’s Mentorship Committee held a happy hour mixer at Circa Brewing Co. in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday for attorneys who might potentially be interested in joining their
The Brooklyn Bar Association Mentorship Committee is looking for new members and it’s hoping to attract them by hosting a mixer at the Circa Brewing Company in Downtown Brooklyn on
The Kings County Court system held its first in-person Caribbean American Heritage Month celebration since the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, June 30, where it honored two judges, Hon. Sylvia Hinds-Radix
A pair of judges who were sitting in Brooklyn, Hon. Joanne Quinones and Hon. Javier Vargas, were appointed to the New York State Court of Claims by Gov. Kathy Hochul
The Brooklyn Bar Association has made incredible strides over the last two years since its darkest days during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was capped off two weeks
It was a party 150 years in the making! The Brooklyn Bar Association held a 150th Anniversary Dinner at El Caribe in Mill Basin on Thursday where it honored Avery
After more than two years off due to the COVID pandemic, the Kings County Criminal Bar Association made a triumphant return this month when it held its once-annual dinner at
When President-Elect Richard Klass gets sworn in during a ceremony at Borough Hall next month, he will be joined by his fellow officers including distinguished trial attorney Angelicque Moreno. The
The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association held its first major in-person event in more than two years on Thursday when it featured Hon. Sylvia Hinds-Radix and Carrie Anne Cavallo during its
The Brooklyn Bar Association will host its Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 11 at 6p.m. where it will give out awards to Hon. Frank Seddio and four others during a
The Brooklyn Bar Association will celebrate its 150th Anniversary with a dinner at El Caribe on Thursday, June 2. To make the night even more special — the BBA is
Ketanji Brown Jackson made history last week when she was officially confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the Supreme Court, and the significance of that confirmation has not been lost
The Brooklyn Bar Association is gearing up for the 10th Anniversary of the Hon. Theodore T. Jones, Jr., Memorial Golf Outing, which will be held on Monday, May 2 at
After a brief delay, the Bay Ridge Lawyers Association is finally ready to go to Atlantic City, where it will host its annual winter seminar from April 28 until the
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly interrupted the local legal community. However, members of the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association have not let the last two years stop them from continuing the
The Brooklyn Bar Association celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2022, and to kick off the year, it held a virtual flag-raising ceremony recorded outside of its building on Wednesday, Feb.
Justice Matt D’Emic will outline progress of Brooklyn Mental Health Court While gun control remains a sensitive subject across the nation, there’s no letup in Brooklyn about an initiative geared
The Kings County Housing Court Bar Association held its annual awards luncheon at Brooklyn Law School on Wednesday, June 5, and honored six people including Judges Hon. Robin Sheares and
