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Caribbean L 14 ife, Sept. 27 - Oct.3, 2019
Executive Director of the Jamaica Institute, King Manor, Kelsey Brow, presents
Simone Meeks, wife of Congressman, Gregory Meeks, with a King
Manor Association Certifi cate of Recognition, on behalf of her husband,
as honoree, Andrea Ogle, ESQ, and Chair of King Manor Board, Walter H.
Sanchez, join for a photo-op. Photo byTangerine Clarke
Guyanese-American honored
on Constitution Day
By Tangerine Clarke
Guyanese-American, Andrea S. Ogle,
Esq., was honored, on the 232 Anniversary
of the signing of the United
States Constitution, during a Constitution
& Cocktails event at King Manor,
on Jamaica Avenue, opposite the courthouse,
where she serves as Vice President
of the Assigned Counsel Association
of Queens Family Court & Board
of Managers of the Queens Country Bar
Association.
Ogle received a Plaque from the King
Manor Association of Long Island, a City
of New York Citation from Barry S. Grodenchik
of the 23rdDistrict,
and a Congressional
Achievement Award, from
Congressman Gregory M.
Meeks, who was also honored
at the prestigious
event. His wife Simone
Meeks accepted on his
behalf.
Ogle, who was recognized,
for her more than
thirty-five years of public
service, and her dedication
to the Justice system,
expressed sincere gratitude
to all who nominated
during her presentation,
stating, that without the
U.S. Constitution, there
might not, be a Citizenship
Brooklyn Borough
President, Eric L. Adams,
with Andrea Ogle,
Esq., and Judge Karen
Gopee at the Constitution
& Cocktails event
on Constitution Day,
Sept. 17, at King Manor
in Jamaica, Queens.
Photo by Tangerine Clarke
Day.
“As we embrace this
recognition and tonight’s celebration
of our Constitution, I urge you to continue
to create and build up your own
individual American dream and more
important, help others in our community
to achieve their dream,” said
the attorney, who spoke of her parents
who made many sacrifices, when they
arrived in the United States from Guyana
many years ago.
Ogle told guests on Sept. 17, Constitution
Day and Citizenship Day, not
to forget or take for granted that it is,
“we the people, each of us who, are
called upon, daily to defend the framers’
vision of a constitutional government
Of the people, By the People, and For
the People.”
A graduate of Queens College of the
City University of New York and Seton
Hall University School of Law, Ogle,
who has competently and successfully
managed her own law practice in
Queens County for over twenty years,
said.
“We should never lose sight, of or take
for granted that America’s strength, is
in the diversity, of its people. We are
the fabric of our community,
and we must use our
time, talent and resources
as a renewed incentive
to intensify our commitment,
and service to our
people.”
A member of the Attorneys
For Children and 18b
Assigned Counsel Panels,
Ogle, who has represented
indigent adults and children
in Family Court and
Supreme Court proceedings
since 1999, explained
that the constitution is
as viable today, as it was
on the day which, it was
signed, adding that it is
the courts’ fair, impartial
and independent judges
that have kept the constitution
alive.
When the Family Treatment Court
was launched, in 2002 in Queens County
Family Court — Ogle, who thanked
family, friends, elected officials and district
leaders, the Queens Bar Association,
the Assigned Counsel Association
of Queens Family, Court the South
Asian, the Indo Caribbean Bar Association
of Queens, and the Macon B. Allen
Black Bar Association — represented
Respondent adults in this program for
twelve years.
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