At the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association’s annual Hispanic Heritage Month event, Hon. Connie Mallafre-Melendez, Hon. Hector LaSalle of the Appellate Division, Second Department, the honored Justice Reinaldo Rivera, Angelicque Moreno of the Puerto Rican Bar Association, and Jovia Radix, president of the BWBA, gather together. Rivera, celebrated for his distinguished service and contribution to the legal community, is the focal point of this commemoration on Monroe Street.
Eagle photos by Robert Abruzzese
The rain stopped on Wednesday just long enough for the sun to come out for the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association’s (BWBA) celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Alongside the Appellate Division, Second Department, and the Puerto Rican Bar Association, the BWBA transformed Monroe Street into a hub of celebration and reflection as members gathered for the annual Hispanic Heritage Month event, this year themed, “Latinos: Driving Prosperity, Power, and Progress in America.”
Amidst the festivities, the spotlight fell warmly upon Hon. Reinaldo Rivera, a figure of distinguished service and commitment, who recently retired from the Appellate Division bench. A career rooted in the pursuit of justice, Rivera’s journey from his educational strides at Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola and St. John’s University School of Law to a celebrated legal luminary, has been nothing short of inspirational.
With a legal career beginning in private practice and evolving to his pivotal role as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Judicial District, Rivera’s contributions to criminal defense, civil litigation,…
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