NYSBA Committee on Children and
the Law
Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile
Justice and Child Welfare Award
The New York State Bar Association’s
Committee on Children and the Law each year
presents the Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile Justice
and Child Welfare to recognize individuals who have done outstanding
work to improve New York's child welfare and juvenile justice
systems.
2010 Howard A. Levine Awards for Excellence in
Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare
State Senator Velmanette Montgomery (D-Brooklyn) and
George E. Reed, Jr. of White Plains (Law Offices of George E. Reed, Jr.)
were honored with the prestigious 2010 Howard A. Levine Award for
Excellence in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare by the New York State
Bar Association. Sponsored by the Association's Committee on Children
and the Law, the award recognizes individuals who have done outstanding
work protecting and promoting the rights of New York’s
children.
2010 Award Recipients
Senator Velmanette Montgomery
New York State Senate
District 18
Read Sen. Montgomery's full news release here
George E. Reed, Jr., Esq.
Attorney
White Plains
Read George E. Reed Jr.'s full news release here
Photos from the Award Ceremony and Reception
2010 Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in
Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare
Photo (left to right): Stephen P. Younger, Esq.,
President, New York State Bar Association, Partner, Patterson Belknap
Webb & Tyler LLP, Honorable Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge, NYS Court
of Appeals, George E. Reed, Jr., Esq., 2010 Award Recipient, Senator
Velmanette Montgomery, 2010 Award Recipient, Honorable Theodore Jones,
Judge, NYS Court of Appeals, and Honorable Howard A.
Levine.
Photo (L-R): George E. Reed, Jr., Esq. (Law
Office of George E. Reed, Jr., Esq., White Plains) 2010 Award Recipient,
Honorable Howard A. Levine, retired NYS Court of Appeals Judge, Senator
Velmanette Montgomery (NYS Senate District 18 - D-Brooklyn) 2010 Award
Recipient, and Professor Merril Sobie (Pace Law School, White
Plains), Chair, NYSBA Committee on Children and the Law
Additional Photos
 
The awards were presented on June 2, 2010 at a
ceremony and reception at the State Bar Center in Albany.
Stephen P. Younger, Esq. (Patterson Belknap Webb &
Tyler LLP), President of the New York State Bar Association gave
welcoming remarks and introduced Professor Merril Sobie of Pace
University School of Law. Professor Sobie chairs the
Committee on Children and the Law and provided a legislative
update entitled "The Year of the Attorney for the Child."
Honorable Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the New York State Court of
Appeals congatulated both award winners. The award ceremony
concluded with a reception sponsored by the Committee on Children and
the Law.
     
 
The Committee on Children and the Law
created the award in 1986. It is named for retired Court of Appeals
Judge Howard A. Levine (Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP), who was the
first chair of what was then called the Special Committee on Juvenile
Justice. He has been and continues to be a strong proponent and leader
in the effort to improve New York ’s
child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
Past winners of the Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile
Justice and Child Welfare include Gladys Carrión, commissioner of
the New York State Office of Children & Family Services; Hon. Eugene
F. Pigott, Jr., associate judge of the New York State Court of Appeals;
Assemblywoman Helene E. Weinstein; Hon. Judith S. Kaye, retired Chief
Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals; and Matilda Cuomo, the
former First Lady of New York.
Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile
Justice and Child Welfare Nomination Information
View Prior Recipients
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