Brooklynites making a buzz
Members of the Brooklyn
Women’s Bar
Association spread
some year-end cheer on
Dec. 12 at the group’s annual
holiday party, which
included a toy drive that
collected gifts for kids of
domestic-violence victims.
Attendees of the bash
at the Brooklyn Bar Association’s
Brooklyn Heights
headquarters donated
piles of new, unwrapped
toys that the attorneys
then handed over to leaders
of local do-good group
the Safe Homes Project.
The festive event also
featured a raffl e of donated
prizes including theater
tickets, sports memorabilia,
designer jewelry,
salon gift cards, and more.
Sponsors that helped
stage this year’s Brooklyn
Women’s Bar Association
holiday shindig included
Floating Pointe Technology
Consulting and Smart
Advocate.
From left to right, Judge Genine Edwards, Judge Harriet Thompson, Betty Matondo-John, and Judge Sylvia
Hinds-Radix. Photos by Caroline Ourso
HOST WITH THE MOST: Brooklyn Women’s
Bar Association President Carrie
Anne Cavallo spoke to the crowd.
(Left) From left, Ray Raskin, Judge Richard Montelione, Chaim Steinberger, and Ksenia Rudyuk. (Center) Helene Blank, left, and Judge Connie Mallafre Melendez. (Right) From left, Daniel
Rausher, Judge Ingrid Joseph, Judge Reginald Boddie, Dejana Perrone, and Stephen Burzio.
(Left) From left, Tara Stanchfi eld, John Coffey, Judge Donald Scott Kurtz, and Andrea Hill were all smiles. (Right) The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association collected heaps of toys during its
holiday party, which the organization’s leaders donated to do-good group the Safe Homes Project.
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