The Brooklyn legal community gathered together to say goodbye to James Blain, who has worked in the system for 33 years including the last seven in the Kings County Clerk’s Office. Pictured from left to right: Daughter Kali Blain, Hon. Frank Seddio, James Blain and wife Karen Wharton. Brooklyn Eagle photos by Mario Belluomo
The Brooklyn legal community said goodbye to Deputy County Clerk James Blain at his retirement party after he spent more than 33 years within the court system, including the last seven years in his current role.
The party took place last Wednesday night at El Caribe in Mill Basin. There were over 100 people in attendance at the party including some of the Borough’s biggest names, like Hon. Frank Seddio, Ravi Batra, Steve Cohn, Hon. Sylvia Hinds-Radix, Craig Schatzman, and, of course, the County Clerk, Hon. Nancy Sunshine.
“It was a wonderful time and a well deserved send off for a man who dedicated his life to the people of Brooklyn,” Schatzman said. “His family’s gain is definitely Brooklyn’s loss.”
It was a mostly informal event, however, Blain’s friends, family, and colleagues weren’t going to let him leave the Kings County Clerk’s Office without saying goodbye so one by one, Judge Seddio, Batra, Cohn, Judge Hinds-Radix, Commissioner Sunshine, and Schatzman shared a few words about their dear friend.
James Blain, born in 1963 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, migrated to Brooklyn, New York with his family when he was seven years old. Growing up in the Panamanian neighborhood of Crown Heights, he attended Holy Spirit / Saint Theresa Catholic School and Chelsea Vocational High School. He later earned his…
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