LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Dana Salazar, Esq. upon the occasion of
her Installation as incoming Treasurer for the Capital District Women's
Bar Association

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize that the
quality and character of life in the communities across New York State
are reflective of the concerned and dedicated efforts of those organiza-
tions and individuals who would devote themselves to the welfare of the
community and its citizenry; and
WHEREAS, Dana Salazar has given not only of her time and energies but
also of her competence, intelligence and leadership and consequently has
been designated for special recognition; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commend
Dana Salazar, Esq. upon the occasion of her Installation as incoming
Treasurer for the Capital District Women's Bar Association, to be cele-
brated at its Annual Installation Dinner on Tuesday, June 4, 2013; and
WHEREAS, The Capital District Women's Bar Association Legal Project,
Inc. is a private, not-for-profit agency that was founded by the Capi-
tal District Women's Bar Association in 1995; and
WHEREAS, The Legal Project mission believes all people, regardless of
income, gender, disability, race, religion, age, sexual orientation or
ethnicity should have access to legal services; this belief reflects a
deep commitment to fairness and equal justice under the law; and
WHEREAS, Dana Salazar has been an associate with the law firm of
Tabner, Ryan and Keniry, LLP since 2009; she graduated from the Univer-
sity at Albany in 1990, and with a concentration in civil litigation,
she graduated summa cum laude from Albany Law School in 2005; and
WHEREAS, During law school, Dana Salazar worked as a law clerk at
Thorn, Gershon, Tyman and Bonnani; after graduating, she served as
personal law clerk to The Honorable Susan Phillips Read of the New York
Court of Appeals, and subsequently joined the Trial Practice department
at Jones Day in New York, New York, where she worked on a variety of
complex commercial litigation cases; and
WHEREAS, Dana Salazar is a member of the American Bar Association, the
Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association, and the New
York State Bar Association, where she has served for several years on
their Law Practice Management Committee; and
WHEREAS, In addition, Dana Salazar is a member of the Rensselaer Coun-
ty Bar Association, the Columbia County Bar Association, the Albany
County Bar Association, and the Board of the Capital District Women's
Bar Association; she is on the Nominating Committee, and is a delegate
of The Women's Bar Association of the State of New York; and
WHEREAS, Dana Salazar has been the recipient of many awards, some of
which include The Albany Law School William McKinley Prize, The Joseph
Rosch Prize for Academic Excellence in Administrative Law, and The Jones
Day New York 2008 Pro Bono Service Award, where she founded and led
Jones Day New York's Hague Convention International Parental Child
Abduction pro bono project; and
WHEREAS, Dana Salazar lives in the town of Schodack with her loving
husband Claude, and their beautiful daughter Emma; and
WHEREAS, It is the practice of this Legislative Body that when indi-
viduals of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our atten-
tion, they should be celebrated and recognized by all the citizens of
this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend Dana Salazar, Esq. upon the occasion of her Installation as

incoming Treasurer for the Capital District Women's Bar Association; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Dana Salazar, Esq.