BAEC Bulletin | March/April 2022 | 15
Holiday Toy Drive Recap BY CATHERINE MCCULLE AND CAROLYN DEVAUGHN
Doran & Murphy Goldberg Segalla Hagerty & Brady Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys PLLC Knoer Group Law Office of Lindy Korn Law Office of Wendy J. Christophersen Phillips Lytle LLP Pusatier Sherman Abbott & Sugarman The Tarantino Law Firm, LLP
A Special Thank You!!!
The BAEC’s Young Lawyers Committee would like to thank the participants of the 2021 Toy Drive fundraiser to benefit the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo. The following firms competed to raise the most monetary donations for Legal Aid. Every dollar collected went towards the purchase of toys to be distributed to children involved in abuse and neglect proceedings.
Also, thank you to all the individual contributors, non-profit organizations, and non-legal organizations for their donations to our drive! Thank you all for your generous contributions and for making this season a little brighter for these kids! •
With their help, we raised $6,870.42 !
Barclay Damon LLP Bartlo, Hettler, Weiss & Tripi Bouvier Law
Judge Brenda Freedman Appointed to the NYS Juvenile Justice Advisory Group
Hon. Brenda M. Freedman, Erie County Family Court Judge has been appointed by Governor Hochul to the NYS Juvenile Justice Advisory Group (JJAG) for a four (4) year term. The JJAG is responsible for distribution of approximately $2 million in federal Title II funds for use in juvenile justice. They determine strategic priorities and fund services to address them. The JJAG is comprised of the Commissioners of Probation, Department of Corrections, Office of Children and Family Services and other high ranking stakeholders in addition to representatives for families, youth and service providers. Judge Freedman is only the second judge appointed to the Group and the only one outside of New York City. Judge Freedman is a New York State, Erie County Family Court Judge who handles virtually all the Juvenile Delinquency and Persons in Need of Supervision [“PINS”] matters in Erie County. She also hears matters of child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, custody/visitation, child support violations and contested paternity.
Judge Freedman was been appointed lead judge in the eight counties the 8 th Judicial District to implement New York’s Raise the Age legislation, including responsibilities for judicial and attorney training. She represented the district on the state-wide Office of Court Administration Task Force for Raise
the Age and various of its sub-committees, and together with Judge Kevin Carter, Co-Chaired the Erie County implementation team to create the new Youth Part. •
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