Senate Resolution No. 988

BY: Senator STEWART-COUSINS

COMMEMORATING Westchester County Bar Association's
125 years of service to the Westchester legal
community

WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize that
the quality and character of life in this great Empire State is
significantly enriched by the faithful, concerned, dedicated, and
diligent work of those individuals and organizations which serve to meet
the needs and enhance the welfare of the community and its citizenry;
and

WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to
commemorate Westchester County Bar Association's 125 years of service to
the Westchester legal community; the Association will host its Annual
Gala at the Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase, New York, on Thursday,
May 15, 2025; and

WHEREAS, At this prestigious event, the Westchester County Bar
Association will honor Incoming President, Brian S. Cohen, Esq.,
Outgoing President, James K. Landau, Esq., the Association's newly
elected Officers and Directors for the 2025-2026 term, and 50 Years of
Service Award Recipients; the James D. Hopkins Lifetime Achievement
Award will be presented to The Honorable Linda S. Jamieson, New York
State Supreme Court Justice; and

WHEREAS, On February 11, 1896, a group of eleven lawyers convened in
the Supervisor's Room at the Westchester County Courthouse "for the
purpose of effecting an organization"; today, the Westchester County Bar
Association (WCBA) includes seven Sections and more than 40 Committees
with a voluntary membership of more than 1,900 attorneys, judges, and
affiliates; and

WHEREAS, The Officers and Board of Directors of the WCBA are
hard-working and diverse, representing a cross-section of the richness
and depth of the legal community of Westchester County; attorney,
affiliate, and law student members are afforded opportunities to help
shape Westchester's legal community and maintain the high standards of
the legal profession; and

WHEREAS, As a not-for-profit corporation, the WCBA seeks to elevate
the standards of integrity, honor, competence, and courtesy within the
legal profession; to that end, the Association strives to promote the
ends of justice and cultivate the science of jurisprudence; and

WHEREAS, The mission of the WCBA is to maintain the availability of
the law to all who seek redress and facilitate the administration of
justice; through the Association's many programs and committees, it
serves all members of society by seeking and perfecting the common good;
now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commemorate Westchester County Bar Association's 125 years of service to
the Westchester legal community; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to the Westchester County Bar Association.