Eagle Q&A: Dominican immigrant Patria Frias-Colón seeks seat on Civil Court bench
This past March, Patria Frias-Colón, the Brooklyn borough chief of the Family Court Division of the New York City Law Department, received the Legal Excellence Award from the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, along with the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association.
In accepting the award, Frias-Colón said, “Having lived as a prosecutor, everything I’ve learned is all about justice. Not only do I want to ensure that the people prosecuted are given justice, but also the victims in our cases and of course that justice has to translate to the community.”
Frias Colon is currently running for one of the five open seats on the Brooklyn Civil Court. There are 11 candidates for the position, which covers the entire county. The primary is Sept. 12 and Civil Court judges are elected to 10-year terms.