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Annual Law Secretaries’ dinner celebrates distinguished legal service
by CBJC Staff June 17, 2024
Hon. Yael Wilkofsky is a judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, currently sitting in New York County Family Court. She has a distinguished career in public service, including roles at the Innocence Project, the City Bar Justice Center and the Legal Clinic for the Homeless. Wilkofsky served as the principal law clerk to Hon. Cynthia S. Kern for more than 12 years before before being elected to the Civil Court in Novemeber 2023. She now presides over child abuse and neglect proceedings.
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