New York City Bar Association Announces Leadership Changes

The New York City Bar Association has announced the results of its annual election to fill its leadership positions:

Muhammad U. Faridi, Linklaters LLP, returns as President.

Duane L. Hughes, UBS; David Keyko, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP; and Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, were elected Vice Presidents.

Paula T. Edgar, PGE Consulting Group LLC, returns as Secretary of the Association.

Ana Alfonso, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, was elected Treasurer.

William T. Russell, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, was elected Chair of the Board of Directors.

Michael Fernández, Cozen O’Connor, was elected Secretary of the Board of Directors.

Members elected to the Board are Nishka Chandrasoma, Ford Foundation; Jeanine Conley Daves, Littler Mendelson P.C.; Abbe Gluck, Yale Law School; Richard Hong, Dentons US LLP; Matthew Schafer, Paramount Global; and Jeffrey M. Winn, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies.

View the Officers and Members of the Board here.

About the Association
The mission of the New York City Bar Association, which was founded in 1870 and has over 20,000 members, is to equip and mobilize a diverse legal profession to practice with excellence, promote reform of the law, and uphold the rule of law and access to justice in support of a fair society and the public interest in our community, our nation, and throughout the world. www.nycbar.org