Brooklyn Bar Association hosts annual meeting
Members of the Brooklyn Bar Association gathered in the large auditorium Wednesday evening to present fellow colleagues with service awards and formally announce the election of new officers and trustees.
The evening began with warm welcoming remarks from outgoing President Domenick Napoletano. Marc Aronson accepted the first Distinguished Service Award of the evening. “This would normally be the best thing that happened to me this week, but this week I became a grandfather,” he said gleefully.
Robert Gershon, the Brooklyn attorney who spearheaded the lawsuit to preserve the 18b panel (the assigned counsel plan that allows indigent persons to receive legal counsel) was also awarded for his distinguished service. “This Bar has been extremely important to me,” Gershon said.