Hon. Angela M. Mazzarelli (right), NOIAW  Board Member and IALSA Honoree with Chief Judge Janet DiFiore (left) IALSA Guest of Honor at NOIAW Cocktail Reception on June 23, 2016.

We are very happy to announce that the Italian American Law Students Association (IALSA) of Brooklyn Law School will be honoring our Board Member Hon. Angela M. Mazzarelli at its holiday celebration this December.

Member Francesca Adamo, Executive Board Member of IALSA, invites fellow NOIAW members to the party on Friday, December 2, at 7:00 PM. The celebration will be held at The Forchelli Center, 205 State Street, Brooklyn, New York. To RSVP, please email Mariapaola.labarbera@brooklaw.edu by Thursday, November 17.

The Guest of Honor will be Chief Judge Janet DiFiore (pictured above), with distinguished honorees Hon. Angela M. Mazzarelli, Hon. Catherine M. DiDomenico, Hon. Barbara Irolla Panepinto, Hon. Ronaldo Castorina, Jr., Maria Fasulo, Esq., Michael Pulizotto, Esq., and Elena Theresa Sanfillippo, Esq.

About Justice Mazzarelli

Hon. Angela Mazzarelli was designated Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department of the New York State Supreme Court in 1994 by Governor Mario M. Cuomo. Justice Mazzarelli became the second woman appointed to ever sit in that court. In 1985, she was elected to the Civil Court of the City of New York and was assigned to sit in the Criminal Court. In 1992, Justice Mazzarelli was elected to the Supreme Court of State of New York. At NOIAW, she acts as the Chair of the Nominating Committee.