Justice Randall Eng, the former presiding justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department, is flanked by Justice Lillian Wan and Justice Lara Genovesi, proudly accepts the eponymous Hon. Randall T. Eng Award. Eagle photos by Robert Abruzzese.
On Wednesday, May 31, the legal community gathered for a historic event: the inaugural Hon. Randall T. Eng Award ceremony. The award, named after the accomplished justice, celebrated a legacy of contribution to the legal field and Asian American representation within it.
The ceremony opened with an effusive welcome from Hon. Lara Genovesi, followed by Hon. Hector D. LaSalle, Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department.
Justice Eng’s introduction came from Hon. Lillian Wan, an Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department. Justice Eng, who is now Of Counsel to Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., has previously served as the Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department, overseeing the largest and busiest Judicial Department in the State of New York. His prestigious legal career in public service began as an assistant district attorney in Queens County, marking him as the first Asian American appointed as an assistant prosecutor in New York State history.
“Congratulations to our very first honoree, Congresswoman Grace Meng, the first and only Asian-American member of Congress from the State of New York,” said Hon. Lillian Wan, who co-chaired the event with Hon. Lara Genovesi.
“The Honorable Randal Eng became the first Asian-American to become a judge in the State of New York in the year 1983. That is still something that blows me away because…
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