PRO BONO BARRISTER: Justice Joseph Levine celebrates with his friends of court
Former Justice Joseph S. Levine, whose very prominent career on the bench ended a few years ago after 34 years of service, was honored recently by family and friends. “It was a birthday celebration but it was also a reunion,” said a well-placed source. Indeed, many of the clerks and law secretaries who worked for the Hon. Levine were there to pay tribute to the jurist who had also been their friend and mentor over the years. Front row, left to right, attorney Steve Cohn, who served as the judge’s first law secretary and later became president of the Brooklyn Bar Association and is now known for his key role bringing all of Brooklyn together for his Pumpkin Cheesecake Parties at Juniors and leading the Democratic Party; Mary Zuckerbraun, the justice’s fiancee; the Hon. Levine, and Michael Ryan, long-time court attorney who helped him write some of that court’s most notable decisions. Ryan is now with the Cullen & Dyckman law firm. Standing, left to right: Hana Cohn, Maryann Steiger; Kevin Steiger, the Surrogate Court’s IT Specialist; Linda Ryan, Verena Otey and PBB Columnist Chuck Otey. The Hon. Levine, whose photo-portraits of a score or more jurists adorn the halls of the 11th floor at 360 Adams St., is known as the “Photo Laureate of the Kings County Court System.” Hundreds of his images have enhanced the pages of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle for many years and will continue to do so.
Pres. Dittenhoefer adjourns First Inn of Court Session to Oct. 2
Due to the Jewish holy days – Yom Kippur starts at sundown on September 24 — the first fall session of the Kings County American Nathan R. Sobel Inn of Court will be held at a different date, according to President Marc Dittenhoefer.