Changes to the Legal Services NYC Board of Directors

Legal Services NYC has seen a number of changes to our Board of Directors in recent months.

In May, seven departing members were recognized for their years of
service to the organization. They included Carmen Cognetta and Patricia
Randolph (5 years), Glenn Lau-Kee (7 years), Migdalia Mata and Malvina
Nathanson (8 years), Klaus Eppler (12 years) and Harvey E. Blitz (25
years).

The Board has also welcomed ten (10) new board members
recently, including: Jenny Ortiz-Bowman, Vincent T. Chang (Partner,
Wullmuth Maher & Deutsch, LLP), Pui Chi Cheng (Principal, Cheng & Associates PLLC), Frederica-Azania Clare, John P. Hooper (Partner, Reed Smith
LLP), Jack P. Jackson (Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP), Sonia Santana, Diana Sen (Senior
Litigation Associate, Fried Frank), Karen Patton Seymour (Partner,
Sullivan and Cromwell LLP), and Darin Wizenberg, Esq. Welcome all!

Click here to read more about the Legal Services NYC Board of Directors. 

Legal Services NYC —the largest
organization exclusively devoted to providing free civil legal services in the United States, with
neighborhood offices in every borough of New
York City—provides
free help on cases involving housing, family, domestic violence, public
benefits, income tax, employment, education, consumer rights and economic
development.  Legal Services NYC programs include Legal Services
NYC-Bronx, Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services, Brooklyn Family Defense
Project, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, Legal Services NYC-Brooklyn
Branch, South Brooklyn Legal Services, Manhattan Legal Services, Queens
Legal Services, Staten Island Legal Services, and the Legal Services NYC Legal
Support Unit. Funding for the Legal Services NYC programs comes from the Legal
Services Corporation, grants from the city, the state and federal agencies,
private foundations, United Way of New York City, the New York State Interest
on Lawyers Account Fund and private donations. 

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