Bronx District Attorney, Darcel D. Clark, announced on Monday, Oct. 19, the appointment of 61 new assistant district attorneys (ADAs) to her office.
“This diverse group of assistant district attorneys will undergo intensive training to help them serve the Bronx community in keeping with my ‘Safer Bronx Through Fair Justice’ policy, which dovetails with the criminal justice reforms,” Clark said. “These new Assistant DAs, along with our experienced, dedicated staff, will provide fairness to defendants while ensuring public safety.”
Out of the 61 new assistant DAs, 31 are people of color. The class is made up of 32 women and 29 men, all of whom come from law schools throughout the country. They have begun three months of training consisting of lectures on criminal court practice and professional responsibility, as well as observing court proceedings, workshop participation and more. Due to the pandemic, training will be held virtually.
In response to a question from Norwood News, on how this number of new hires compares to other years, a representative from the Bronx District Attorney’s Office said the office hired 64 new recruits in 2016, 122 in 2017, 62 in 2018 and 63 last year. She added that since January 2020, the office lost 68 ADAs through attrition (retirement, resignations).
The number of pending cases has been requested.
The 61 assistant DAs who have joined the Office, and the law schools from which they graduated are listed below.
| Abir Ahmed | St. John’s University School of Law | |
| Matthew Aqeel | Boston College Law School | |
| Nitin Aradhya | Tulane University Law School | |
| Mellis Bakir | Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University | |
| Tyler Bartlett | New York Law School | |
| Victoria Benalcazar | St. John’s University School of Law | |
| John Bennett | New York Law School | |
| Samantha Bibbo | Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University | |
| Shannon Carbocci | Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University | |
| Alex Catiggay | The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law | |
| Rebekah Cohen | Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University | |
| Christopher Conway | University of Minnesota Law School | |
| Michael Dal Lago | Fordham Law School | |
| David Davila | St. John’s University School of Law | |
| Gabriella DeRitis | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | |
| Rebecca Farrar | St. John’s University School of Law | |
| Daniel Farrell | Brooklyn Law School | |
| Shania B. Felix | Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University | |
| Julianna Gjonaj | Indiana University Maurer School of Law | |
| Abyan Gurase | University of Minnesota Law School | |
| Timothy Hammel | Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University | |
| Jacob Heric | St. John’s University School of Law | |
| Amina Hoque | CUNY School of Law | |
| Eartha Jn Baptiste | Fordham Law School | |
| Lianna Khader | Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University | |
| Michael Kilcommons | New York Law School | |
| Oliver Lee | Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School | |
| Kimberly Lindenmuth | Seton Hall University School of Law | |
| Robert Lindston | Northeastern University School of Law | |
| John Longo | Syracuse University College of Law | |
| Ross Lopez | University at Buffalo School of Law | |
| Eric Love | Temple University Beasley School of Law | |
| Michael Luterzo | Elizabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University | |
| Ryan Maier | St. John’s University School of Law | |
| Vishal Mehta | Brooklyn Law School | |
| Miles Mianecki | University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| Kyrus Mohta | American University Washington College of Law | |
| Rossana Moussa | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | |
| Giovanna Nesheiwat | Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University | |
| Emmanuel Ntow | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | |
| Marline Paul | University at Buffalo School of Law | |
| Angela Pena | St. John’s University School of Law | |
| Gideon Porter | Indiana University Maurer School of Law | |
| Katerina Powers | Boston University School of Law | |
| Brianna Pryce | Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University | |
| Kirsten Prylinski | Suffolk University Law School | |
| Catherine Read | Benjmain N. Cardozo School of Law | |
| Kevin Risch | Syracuse University College of Law | |
| Ashley Rocque | St. John’s University School of Law | |
| Anastasiya Sakhnovskaya | Fordham Law School | |
| Kimberly Santiago | Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University | |
| LaToya Stephens | New York Law School | |
| Gabrielle Treiling | Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University | |
| Jaieal Turrell | Thomas Jefferson School of Law | |
| Che´ Van Eer | UIC John Marshall Law School | |
| Amanda Vega | Vermont Law School | |
| Bianca Velez | Loyola University New Orleans College of Law | |
| Emma L. Wardle | Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University | |
| Allyson White | Roger Williams University School of Law | |
| Laura Williams | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | |
| Marita Williams | Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University |
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