Past presidents know who really runs the Brooklyn Bar Association
The Brooklyn Bar Association (BBA) is a thriving local organization that boasts more than 2,000 members and provides valuable resources to those members, the local community and the legal system. It predates the days of Brooklyn as a borough, has sat on Remsen Street since 1918, and during that time it has featured some of the best and brightest legal minds as its presidents.
However, many would say the person who is most responsible for having kept the BBA running smoothly over the past 30 years and who is most responsible for its current-day success has never been president.
“He’s always been the one who has kept things running,” said past President Gregory Hesterberg of BBA Executive Director Avery Eli Okin. “He’s an absolutely gentleman; in crisis, he’s as cool as cucumber. And, you know, in this profession, crisis can come in all shapes and forms — anywhere from someone arrested to someone dying to health problems, and he was always there.”