Bay Ridge Lawyers install Grace Borrino as president
The Bay Ridge Lawyers Association hosted its annual Passing of the Gavel ceremony as Grace Borrino was sworn in as the newest president along with the other officers and directors by Judge Barbara Panepinto at Hunter’s Steak and Ale House on Wednesday night.
The organization was originally formed in 1954 with 15 members and currently has more than 200 members. The ceremony, where each past president in attendance gives a brief speech welcoming the newest president, goes back roughly 20 years.
“We were the first bar association to have authorized CLE (Continuing Legal Education) programs even before the Brooklyn Bar Association,” said past President Ray Ferrier. “The Passing of the Gavel ceremony is another innovation. A number of past presidents of the organization went to England about 20 years ago and visited the Inns of Court and came back with this ceremony.”