Assistant District Attorney honored by Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association
On September 27, 2012, the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association will honor Anne Swern, first assistant district attorney at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, at its annual membership party.
Swern told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle that she is “delighted to be honored by the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association and grateful to be recognized by wonderful organization that provides necessary resources for the acknowledgment and advancement of women lawyers.”
Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, Swern has come back full circle to her Brooklyn roots. An alumnus of Brooklyn Law School, she has served as a prosecutor for 32 years and currently supervises more than one thousand attorneys and support staff members in their prosecutorial and administrative functions.
Swern began her career as a clerk in Criminal Court. “Working as chief clerk in Criminal Court, with the most volume of cases and with the most victims and defendants, I realized that I wanted to make more of an impact,” she said. She soon decided to focus on the policy aspect of criminal justice.