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BRLA’s Gold Gavel tradition started with 1985 London Inn visit
The Bay Ridge Lawyers Association, the most influential neighborhood bar association in the city, held its traditional “Passing of the Gavel” ceremony Wednesday night as the group, led by President Pat Russo gathered for its first meeting of the season at a new venue: Hunter’s Steak and Ale House at 94th Street and Fourth Avenue.
For most of its 60 years, the BRLA has observed this tradition wherein a gold gavel is passed from the earliest elected president successively down the line of former presidents all the way to newly installed President Russo.
According to Judiciary Chair Ray Ferrier, a past president who presided over the collegial ceremony, the gavel passing started shortly after late President Harry G. English visited London for the ABA Convention. (So did I, Judge Martin Schneier and others–photos to follow soon in an upcoming PBB.)