OFFICERS
Jyll Townes, Esq.
First Vice President
Jyll is the Principal Law Clerk to Justice Andrew J. Cohen, in Supreme Court, Civil Term, Bronx County. Jyll received her Juris Doctor degree from Temple University School of Law (now known as “Temple University the Beasley School of Law”).
Lauren Brown, Esq.​
Second Vice President
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Lauren is the Principal Law Clerk to Justice Dweynie E. Paul in Supreme Court, Civil Term, Kings County. Lauren received her Juris Doctor degree from Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law.
Steven Helfont, Esq.
Treasurer
Steven is the Director of the Office for Justice Initiatives’ Division of Policy & Planning. Steven graduated magna cum laude from Brooklyn Law School in 2010 and with Honors from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor relations in 2007.
Jasmine Valle-Bueno, Esq.
Assistant Treasurer
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Jasmine is the Principal Law Clerk to the Hon. Marguerite Grays, Administrative Judge of the Queens Supreme Court- Civil Term. Jasmine acquired her Juris Doctorate from CUNY School of Law.
Jeanine Ruggiero, Esq.
Secretary
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​Jeanine is the Principal Law Clerk to Justice Marina Cora Mundy, in Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Richmond County. Jeanine received her Juris Doctor degree from Pace Law School.
Lucie Graffeo, Esq.
Assistant Secretary
Lucie is the Principal Law Clerk to Justice Karina E. Alomar in Supreme Court, Civil Term, Queens County. Lucie received her Juris Doctor degree from New York Law School.
Vacant
Assistant Secretary
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Board of Directors
Elba Melendez-Loughman, Esq.
Elba is the Principal Law Clerk to Justice George R. Villegas, in Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Bronx County. Elba received her Juris Doctor degree from New York Law School.
Victor Negron, Esq.
Victor is the Principal Law Clerk to Justice Joseph E. Capella, Admin. Judge if Supreme Court, Civil Term, Bronx County. Victor received his Juris Doctor degree from CUNY School of Law.
Charles Siegel, Esq.
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Chuck is Principal Law Clerk to Hon. Steven Z. Mostofsky and attended University of Buffalo, Law School.
Justin Dorman, Esq.
Justin is a Principal Law Clerk to Justice Richard G. Latin in Supreme Court, Civil Term, New York County. Justin received his Juris Doctor degree from Syracuse University College of Law.
Ismael Peguero, Esq.
Ismael is the Principal Law Clerk to Justice Verna L. Saunders, in Supreme Court, Civil Term, New York County. Ismael received his Juris Doctor degree from City University of New York School of Law.
Mark Shawhan, Esq.
Mark is the Principal Law Clerk to the Hon. Gerald Lebovits, Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term. Mark received his J.D. from Yale Law School.
Nadine Johnson, Esq.
Nadine is a former President of ALS She is the Principal Law Clerk to Justice Desmond Green, in Supreme Court, Civil Term, Kings County. Nadine received her Juris Doctor degree from New York Law School.
Janet Silvers, Esq.
Janet is the Principal Law Clerk to Justice Mario F. Mattei, in Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Richmond County. Janet received her Juris Doctor degree from Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center.
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Natasha Shishov-Ginzburg, Esq.
Natasha is the Senior Principal Law Clerk to the Honorable Tanya R. Kennedy, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department. Natasha received her Juris Doctor degree from Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center.
Barbara Grcevic, Esq.
Barbara is Principal Court Attorney to an Acting Supreme Court Justice in Manhattan Supreme Court, Criminal Term. She has served as Principal Law Clerk for several elected Supreme Court Justices.
Eric J. Wursthorn, Esq.
Eric is a Court Attorney - Referee in Surrogate's Court, New York County. Previously, Eric was a court attorney to two elected Supreme Court Justices for nearly two decades. Eric obtained his JD from New York Law School and his BA in Chemistry from Cornell University.
Eva-Marie Cusack, Esq.
Eva-Marie is a Court Attorney Referee and head of the Law Department in Richmond County Surrogate's Court. She attended New York Law School, graduating Summa Cum Laude.
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