Brooklyn legal community says goodbye to Izetta Johnson at retirement party
Judges, lawyers, court employees and a few former interns joined the friends and family of Izetta Johnson as they packed into Borough Hall on Friday for her retirement party that was 35 years in the making.
“This is both a sweet and a bitter time for the entire Supreme Court of Kings County and indeed the entire unified court system,” Justice Deborah Dowling said. “It’s sweet because Izetta gets to do some of the stuff that she wants to do and will not have to answer to anyone but God himself. No more time clocks. The bitter part is that the court system is losing one of its greatest assets.”
Johnson is technically the senior management analyst for the Kings County Unified Court system, but she has worn many hats during her 35 years. Her two biggest accomplishments include helping to run the Black History Month Committee since 1992 and running the Student Employment and Internship Program.