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Press Release
New York, NY, Thursday, October 23, 2025

New York Women’s Bar Association Rates Judicial Candidates for the Civil Court and Supreme Court in New York County

The New York Women’s Bar Association today announced the results of its review of the qualifications of candidates seeking positions as judges of the New York City Civil Court and the Supreme Court of the State of New York in New York County.

New York Civil Court, New York County

Onya Brinson*:  Approved
Lisa Headley*:  Approved
Terence McCormick*:  Approved
Eric Wursthorn*:  Approved

New York Supreme Court, New York County

Suzanne J. Adams*:  Approved
James G. Clynes*:  Approved
Deborah Kaplan*:  Approved
Judy H. Kim*:  Approved
Gowri Krishna:  Not Rated – Did Not Appear
Jared Trujillo:  Not Rated – Did Not Appear

Founded in 1934, the New York Women’s Bar Association is a non-profit, non-partisan bar association devoted to promoting the fair and equal administration justice.

For further information, contact:
Lissett C. Ferreira, President
New York Women’s Bar Association
president@nywba.org

Note 1:  Pursuant to NYWBA protocols, members of the NYWBA Board who are judges, who are employed by the New York State court system, or who are candidates for judicial office, did not participate in the consideration, review, ratings or votes on any potential judiciary candidates.

 Note 2: An asterisk (*) after a candidate’s name indicates that the person is a current or past member of the New York Women’s Bar Association.  Members are reviewed in the same manner and with the same criteria as non-members.

Read full press release here.

Thank you for celebrating the New York Women’s Bar Association’s 2025 Annual Awards and Installation Dinner on June 9, 2025 at Tribeca 360.

The President’s Special Award was jointly presented to U.S. Representative Carolyn B. Maloney and Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin, along with Planned Parenthood of Greater New York and Safe Horizon.

The NYWBA mourns the passing of Cecile Richards on January 20, 2025. We honored Cecile at our 2016 Annual Dinner where she graciously accepted the NYWBA President’s Special Award for her work as then-President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and her zealous advocacy for reproductive rights and education.

In August of 2024, the NYWBA sadly announced the untimely death of Amanda B. Norejko, our dynamic friend, Past President, Board Member and Committee Co-Chair.

In Amanda’s honor, we have created a webpage that is devoted to her memory. Click here to view this page.