Class of 2009
Assistant Corporation Counsels
Mayor Bloomberg, Corporation Counsel Michael A. Cardozo, First Assistant Corporation Counsel Jeffrey D. Friedlander,
Director of Legal Recruitment Stuart Smith and Deputy Chia Kang with the 2009 class of Assistant Corporation Counsels.
The Law Department has long been committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse community
of professionals. An Equal Opportunity Employer, the Law Department would rank fourth in ethnic diversity if
compared to the nation’s 100 largest law ?rms.
The Law Department’s Diversity Committee works to enhance the recruitment and retention of attorneys of
all backgrounds, and our Women’s Committee focuses on issues of particular importance to the 60% of our
attorneys who are women. The Law Department also has the largest number of openly gay attorneys among
the law of?ces reporting this information to the National Association of Law Placement.
Diversity is re?ected throughout the ranks of the Law Department. Five of our 17 division chiefs are Black, Hispanic
or openly gay or lesbian and a majority of our attorneys work in a division led by a female division chief. The New
York City Bar Associated named Corporation Counsel Michael A. Cardozo a Diversity Champion in recognition
of his efforts to promote diversity both within the Law Department and the legal profession.
2009 ANNUAL REPORT
Editor: Connie Pankratz
Assistant Editor: Elizabeth Thomas
Layout and Design: Gabriella Padilla
Special thanks to the following for providing courtesy photographs:
Jamel Browne (p. 12, 33)
Gabriella Padilla (Cover, p. 7, 10, 20, 26, 29, 32)
Trevor Logan, Jr. (p. 18)
Law Department Legal and Support Staff - 1922
Pictured at center, behind banner: Mayor John Hylan (right), Corporation Counsel John P. O’Brien (left)