AABANY congratulates long-time member and current Membership Secretary Judy Kim on being selected as NAPABA Northeast Regional Governor. As such Judy sits on the NAPABA Board of Governors for a two-year term. The Northeast Region encompasses 10 states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It also includes Canada.
“I am so honored to be selected as the next NAPABA Northeast Regional Governor,” says Judy, “and I look forward to working alongside my co-RG, Jason Leung, the NE Region’s Presidents and the Board during my term to further NAPABA’s mission and the Region’s goals. Hope to see everyone at the DC Convention in November!”
Judy H. Kim is an associate counsel in the Bureau & Estates Litigation Section of the Legal Division at the New York Liquidation Bureau. The Bureau is a unique 100 year old quasi-state agency that assists the Superintendent of Financial Services of the State of New York in his capacity as receiver of insolvent insurance companies. She has been with the Bureau since 2008. During that time, she has been involved in all aspects of litigation involving the Superintendent and the estates in his receivership. From December 2010 through June 2011, Ms. Kim was interim Section Chief of the Bureau & Estates Litigation Section. Prior to joining the Bureau, Ms. Kim worked at Snitow Kanfer Holtzer & Millus, LLP as an attorney focusing on commercial litigation, employment discrimination litigation, and matrimonial litigation matters. Ms. Kim began her legal career at Kennedy Lillis Schmidt & English, a boutique maritime law firm. Ms. Kim received her J.D. from Tulane Law School, and her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Judy served as Treasurer of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) from 2002 through 2005, and was Co-Chair of AABANY’s Student Outreach Committee from 2006-2008, and has been a member of AABANY’s Litigation Committee since 2000.
She is a member of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Secretary of the Korean American Lawyers’ Association of Greater New York, and a Steering Committee Member of the Korean American League for Civic Action. Ms. Kim is also a member of the Diversity Committee at The Spence School and a member of the Leadership Committee at the Young Survival Coalition.
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