[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 215 (Friday, December 18, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1184]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                IN RECOGNITION OF HON. MARCY S. FRIEDMAN

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 18, 2020

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise to pay 
tribute to Justice Marcy S. Friedman. For the past three decades, 
Justice Friedman has capably presided over New York City courts. 
Justice Friedman was appointed as a Judge of the Housing Part of the 
Civil Court of New York City in 1991 and was elected to the Civil Court 
in 1994. In 2000, Justice Friedman was named a Supreme Court Justice by 
designation and assigned to the New York County Supreme Court, Civil 
Branch, to which she was re-elected in 2004. In 2012, Justice Friedman 
was named as a Justice of the Commercial Division, Supreme Court, Civil 
Branch, New York County. For the past few years, Justice Friedman has 
served as the Residential Mortgage Backed Securities Judge, working on 
some of the most complex cases in the courts.
  Justice Friedman is a graduate of Smith College, magna cum laude, and 
of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, cum laude. She was an 
associate with Willkie, Farr and Gallagher LLP, a staff attorney with 
the Legal Aid Society Civil Division, and a managing attorney at MFY 
Legal Services.
  Starting in 2000, Justice Friedman presided over an Individual 
Assignment Part in New York County, where she handled torts, commercial 
case, and a wide variety of other cases, including employment 
discrimination, insurance, and real estate. Justice Friedman is a long-
term member of the New York County's Center fore where she has handled 
mass torts, including pharmaceutical and asbestos cases.
  Long committed to improving access to justice, Justice Friedman is a 
member of the New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA) Justice 
Center and a former member of the NYCLA Board of Directors. With the 
Justice Center, Justice Friedman chaired a Task Force on Housing Court. 
She also worked with NYCLA and other groups to organize a conference 
that brough together a distinguished group of prosecutors, defense 
lawyers, judges and scholars to address the racial impacts of criminal 
prosecutions of arraignments through sentencing. Justice Friedman has 
also lectured at the New York City Bar Association and at judicial 
seminars on various issues, including legal ethics and torts.
  After decades of dedicated service, Justice Friedman will be retiring 
on December 31, 2020. Her tenure has been highlighted by diligent 
scholarship and thorough review of complex cases. Justice Friedman's 
notable ability review and synthesize conflicting decisions has been as 
asset to the New York County Court, and she will be missed.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the 
accomplishments of Justice Marcy S. Friedman and expressing 
appreciation for her contributions to the people of New York.

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