Title: Attorney
Company: Law Office of Judith Garcia Quinonez
Location: Bronx, New York, United States
Judith Garcia Quinonez, Esq., attorney at Law Office of Judith Garcia Quinonez, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Lawyers for dedication, achievements, and leadership in legal services.
With over three decades of experience, Ms. Quinonez has built a distinguished career in legal services. She currently serves as an attorney at law at the Law Office of Judith Garcia Quinonez, which she established in 2020. Her practice specializes in equal employment practices, human rights, civil rights through anti-discrimination advocacy, real estate transactions, landlord-tenant litigation, and wills. Her experience includes serving as staff attorney at Legal Services of the Hudson Valley from 2023 to 2024, executive agency counsel and director of learning and development at the NYC Equal Employment Practices Commission from 2017 to 2019, and deputy director and executive agency counsel at the same commission from 2013 to 2017. She also served as director of compliance from 2007 to 2013, supervising attorney at the New York City Commission on Human Rights from 1993 to 2007, and director of legal services for the American Indian Law Alliance from 1992 to 1993. Additionally, she was an adjunct professor in health law and economics at the City University of New York Sophie Davis program from 2008 to 2012 and taught medical ethics and law at the Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center physician assistant program from 1997 to 2004.
Laying a solid educational foundation, Ms. Quinonez earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Wesleyan University in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law in 1987. She was admitted to the New York State Bar Association and the United States Supreme Court in 2006 and is a member of Soka Gakkai International USA, the ASPCA, the Human Rights Campaign, and the Puerto Rican Bar Association. She takes pride in her impactful work at the Human Rights Commission, where she helped revise New York Presbyterian Hospital’s light duty policy, and at the Equal Employment Practices Commission, where she audited over 140 city agencies to ensure compliance with equal employment opportunity policies. Her advocacy led to the inclusion of accessibility ramps in Department of Homeless Services shelters and strengthened equal employment opportunity programs at New York City’s community colleges. Looking to the future, she aspires to share her expertise through teaching or consulting while advancing equal employment and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, potentially in a leadership role with the City of New York. She advises aspiring professionals to ask questions, seek confirmation, and embrace constructive criticism, believing every mistake offers a valuable lesson.
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