|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
March 8, 2014 |
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Doris Ling-Cohan (Chinese language|Chinese: 凌德丽, pinyin L??ng D??l??) is a judge on the New York State Supreme Court, to which she was elected in 2002. Ling-Cohan was born in New York's Chinatown, the daughter of Chinese immigrants. She received a degree in psychology (summa cum laude) from Brooklyn College, in 1976. She was admitted into New York University's School of Law on a full scholarship, from which she graduated in 1979. Judge Ling-Cohan began her career as an attorney working for several New York Legal Services agencies, representing indigent clients, before she joined the New York State Attorney General's consumer fraud protection unit. Additionally, she taught classes in law and Asian American studies at CUNY Law School, New York University, City College, and Queens College, New York|Queens College. In 1995 Judge Ling-Cohan was elected to the Civil Court of the City of New York from the Second Municipal Court District. At this time, Judge Ling-Cohan decided to seek elected positions rather than appointed ones, believing that judges who are continually tested by public opinion have a greater chance of later being elected to the State Supreme Court. In 2002, after being nominated by the Manhattan Democracy party for election to the New York State Supreme Court, she received the support of the state Republican Party (United States)|Republican, U.S. Democratic Party|Democratic, Liberal, and Working Family parties. Ling-Cohan was elected to that post, receiving more than 230,000 votes. Judge Ling-Cohan is a member of several professional and humanitarian associations; she is a founding member of the Asian American Bar Association and the New York Asian Women's Center -- which is the first group dedicated to the prevention of domestic violence in New York City's Asian communities. Additionally, she is a member of the Jade Council, an organization for Asian court employees. Brooklyn College has honored Judge Ling-Cohan with its Distinguished Alumna Award, in recognition of her service to New York city as well as her advocacy for immigrants and non-English speakers' rights. Judge Ling-Cohan made national news when she handed down a ruling in Hernandez v. Robles, a case in which 5 gay and lesbian couples had sued New York, arguing that denying them marriage rights violated the state constitution. Ling-Cohan sided with the plantiffs, and as of February 15, 2005, the ruling is on hold pending the outcome of an appeal filed by the state. See Judge Ling-Cohan's ruling in http://www.lambdalegal.org/binary-data/LAMBDA_PDF/pdf/378.pdf Hernandez v. Robles (Portable Document Format|PDF file) Same-sex marriage in New York
Category:Chinese Americans|Ling-Cohan, Doris Category:American judges|Ling-Cohan, Doris This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Doris Ling-Cohan".
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
![[F]](/images/site.gif){kind=small}
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
All informatin on the site is © FamousChinese.com 2002-2005. Last revised: January 2, 2004 Are you interested in our site or/and want to use our information? please read how to contact us and our copyrights. To post your business in our web site? please click here. To send any comments to us, please use the Feedback. To let us provide you with high quality information, you can help us by making a more or less donation: |