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Queens County bar installs new offi cers
Photos by Walter Karling
The Queens County Bar Association (QCBA) held its annual installation of offi cers and awards dinner on May 2 at Terrace on the Park in Flushing Meadows
Corona Park. New QCBA offi cers, Treasurer Michael Abneri, Secretary Adam Orlow, Vice-President Frank Bruno Jr., and President-elect Cliff ord Weldon
being sworn-in by Judge Bernice Siegel.
Outgoing QCBA President Judge Hilary Gingold
congratulates her successor, Marie-Eleana First.
QCBA Past President Joseph DeFelice presented
the Charles Froessel Award to the retired
Presiding Justice, Appellate Division, 2nd
Department Randall Eng.
The evening’s guest speaker, Kenneth Standard,
the past president of the New York State Bar
Association, received the QCBA’s “Golden
Jubilarian” award from the dinner emcee,
retired Justice of the Supreme Court in Queens
County, Sidney Strauss.
Dinner honoree Administrative Judge of the
Queens Civil term Jeremy Weinstein receives a
gift from QCBA Past President Gregory Newman
Dinner honoree Judge Jeremy Weinstein,
Administrative Judge of the Queens Civil Term
Accepting the dinner Honoree award for Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown was the
Executive Assistant District Attorney James Quinn, who is seen here with presenter QCBA Past
President Richard Guiterrez.
The Associate Justice of the Appellate term, 2nd department Bernice Siegel administers the oath of
offi ce to the incoming 124th President of the QCBA, Marie-Eleana First.
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