President Emeritus - Alain Massena '97C, '00L President - Chanel Smith, Esq.‘13C, ‘16L Vice President - Teronse Miller II ‘16 Secretary - Christopher Atlee Arcitio, Esq. (he/him/his) ‘17 Chair of Communications - Kristin Lee ‘15 Chair of Student Relations - Mouna J. '22 Co-Chairs of Alumni Relations - Gregory Brown, Jr. '18 and Precious Lewis, Esq.'20 Board Members at Large Kelechi Ajoku, Esq.'17 Nadia Budhai ‘13 Honorable Genine Edwards ‘92 Steve Fils-Aime ‘13 Guillermo Martinez ‘14 Srabone Monir ‘09C, ‘13L Moya Novella, Esq., CIPP/E/US '16 The mission of the St. John’s University School of Law Alumni of Color Chapter (“AOCC”) Executive Board is to "elevate, engage and empower." AoCC seeks to promote and advocate for the advancement of the law school’s Law School’s alumni and students, with a concentration towards Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (“BIPOC”) law students of color. The AOCC also seeks to create spaces, initiatives, and opportunities for alumni of color to reconnect, amplify hear their voices and perspectives, and honor their accomplishments.
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Join the St. John's Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) for their annual Lunar New Year Dinner on February 7, 2025 at Cafe China honoring Megan Rha ‘97! RSVP through QR code. Hope to see you there!
AoCC hopes to see you at the induction ceremony for the newly elected Queen's Surrogates Court Judge - the Hon. Cassandra A. Johnson '06 - on January 17, 2025 from 3PM to 6PM at 80-00 Utopia Pkwy, Queens NY! https://lnkd.in/eSDM8SJN
AoCC introduces you to returning At-Large Board Member Nadia Budhai '13, who focuses her practice on financial services for JPMorganChase as a Vice President, Assistant General Counsel. Her legal background includes advising on security services matters and transactions, including custody, agency lending and fund administration. One interesting non-legal fact about Nadia is that she is trained in kuchipudi, an Indian classical dance. Thank you for your continued service to AoCC!
Meet AoCC's returning At-Large Board Member Guillermo Martinez '14, who focuses his practice on e-discovery, which is the process of identifying, locating, preserving, collecting, preparing, reviewing and producing electronically stored information. As the Senior Director of Business Development at Innovative Driven, he engages in specifically managed services, second requests, collection and forensic analysis, processing and hosting and analytics and managed review. One of Guillermo's New Year's resolutions is to make time to reconnect with old friends! Thank you for your continued service!
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Larson LLP is pleased to announce that Los Angeles associate Jasmine M. Johnson, Esq. has been selected as “Top 40 Under 40” by The National Black Lawyers Top 100 and Top 40 Under 40. The award recognizes promising African-American lawyers under the age of 40 in each state with outstanding reputations, notable achievements, and leadership in other legal organizations.
Meet AoCC's returning Board Member and Secretary Christopher Arcitio, Esq. (he/him/his) '17 who focuses his practice on defending civil and commercial litigation matters from inception of pending state and federal lawsuits up to trial as Of Counsel at Kaufman Dolowich LLP. He regularly defends and counsels a variety of professionals in lawsuits alleging acts, errors or omissions in the performance of their professional services. In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor at St. John's University School of Law, where he lectures on topics including New York state court litigation, and Cardozo School of Law in the Lawyering & Legal Writing Department. Chris is a native from California and was recently the officiant for his sister's wedding in Temecula, CA!