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Eileen D. Millett
Member-at-Large
Eileen D. Millett of
New York (Gibbons
PC) has been elected Member-at-Large of the
Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association
(NYSBA).
Millett earned her undergraduate
degree from Syracuse University,
and received her law degree from Syracuse University College of
Law.
Millett is a partner of Gibbons PC
practicing in the Real Property and Environmental Departments. She
previously served as General Counsel to the Interstate Environmental
Commission, Assistant Deputy Commissioner on Legal Affairs and Trials
for the New York City Police Department, and Department of Personnel
Inspector General for the New York City Department of
Investigation.
Millett is a member of the
Association’s House of Delegates, the Journal Board of Editors,
the Environmental Law Section’s Executive Committee, and the
Commercial and Federal Litigation Section. Within the Environmental Law
Section, she is a member of the Committee on Energy, the Committee on
Global Climate Change, and the Committee on Water Quality. She
co-chaired the Environmental Law Section’s Committee on
Environmental Justice from 2000 to 2005.
Since 1989, Millett has published several
articles in the New York Law Journal. She is a Fellow of the American
Bar Association. She received the New York County Lawyers’
Association Outstanding Minority Achievement Award in 2005.
The 26-member Executive Committee has the authority to
act and speak for the NYSBA, consistent with previous action of the
House of Delegates, when the House is not in session. The Executive
Committee meets quarterly and at other times as necessary. The Executive
Committee is composed of the President, President-Elect, Treasurer, and
Secretary of the Association. In addition, there are vice-presidents
from each of the twelve judicial districts (the 1st district has two
Vice-presidents) in the state and eight members-at-large. The immediate
past president is also a member of this body. All officers are elected
to serve one-year terms.
The 74,000 member New York State
Bar Association is the official statewide organization of lawyers
in New York and the
largest voluntary state bar association in the nation. Founded in 1876,
NYSBA programs and activities have continuously served the public and
improved the justice system for more than 130 years.
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