Our Honorees
Since 1998, Kramer Levin has staffed a full-time externship at Brooklyn Legal Services, helping meet the vast need of low-income tenants for representation in housing court. More than 30 firm lawyers have rotated through this position, representing hundreds of low-income tenants in court and counseling thousands more through "hotline" and other informal means.
Brooklyn Legal Services is proud to honor our 20-year partnership with Kramer Levin in ensuring access to justice in housing court for low-income Brooklynites.
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 Michael Kenneth Williams is one of this generation's most respected and acclaimed actors. He is best known for his remarkable work as Omar on The Wire and Chalky White on Boardwalk Empire. He was most recently seen in HBO's The Night Of in the role of Freddy Knight, for which he received his second Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.Michael also served as the investigative journalist and Executive Producer for Black Market, a documentary that exposes and comments on illegal markets throughout the world with a focus on the people involved and connecting with them on a human level. In 2018 the HBO show VICE returned for its sixth season with an extended special season premiere featuring Williams as he embarked on a personal journey to expose the root of the American mass incarceration crisis: the juvenile justice system. Raised in the System offered a frank and unflinching look at those caught up the system, exploring why the country's mass incarceration problem cannot be fixed without first addressing the juvenile justice problem. Brooklyn Legal Services is proud to honor Michael for his steadfast commitment to racial justice. |
Roger Juan Maldonado is the President of the New York City Bar Association and a partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.Who We Are
Our staff of over 145 passionate, skilled, and highly trained lawyers, paralegals, and support staff represents Brooklyn residents who otherwise could not afford high-quality legal services. In the past year alone, we served more than 22,000 low-income Brooklyn residents. Our client work spans from day-to-day representations in court, to civil rights complaints in state and federal agencies, to complex litigation over many years to make sure Brooklyn's voices are heard and the law responds to the needs of low-income Brooklynites.
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