Justice Diccia T. Pineda-Kirwan.
New York.- Dominican-born judge Diccia Pineda-Kirwan won a bench in the New York State Supreme Court Tuesday night, according to preliminary tallies of the elections in the United States.
She is the only woman and of Latino background of the six competitors for the bench from Queens -the State’s 11th Judicial District, to win the balloting for the 14-year term.
Pineda-Kirwan was born in the town Baitoa, Santiago province, from where she emigrated together with her family in the early 1960s, and has lived in Queens ever since. She was running as a Democrat, and had been a member of the Latino Lawyers Association and Women’s Bar Association of Queens.
Final vote count for Queens, New York State Supreme Court election
The final vote count to elect Justices for three vacancies in the Supreme Court’s 11th Judicial District (Queens County) reveals that the judicial candidates of the Democratic Organization handily bested those on the Republican ballot:
Page three of Web site www.scribd.com/doc/22106601/InitialResults2009General has the following tally
Thomas D. Raffaele, Democrat: 121,552
Daniel Lewis, Democrat: 119,986
Diccia Pineda-Kirwan Democrat: 113, 149
John F. Casey, Republican/Conservative: 61,233
Robert Beltrani, Republican: 60,446 plus
Joseph F. Kasper, Republican: 48,324.
From: United States, Faber College Double Secret Probation
Judge Pineda-Kirwan is a member of many professional organizations, including the Latino Lawyer Association of Queens County, The Dominican Bar Association, The Catholic Lawyers Guild, The National Hispanic Bar Association, The Queens Women’s Bar Association, The Queens County Bar Association and The New York State Women’s Bar Association. Judge Pineda-Kirwan is also active in community affairs. She is a member of the Latin American Women’s Council, The Queens Hispanic Coalition, an advisory board member of the Latin American Cultural Center of Queens, a member of the Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club and the William Jefferson Clinton Democratic Club.
Judge Pineda-Kirwan is also fluent in Spanish and literate in French and Portuguese.
From: United States, Faber College Double Secret Probation
The Judges mom looks like she is giving Jorge the ...." Get away from those cookies " look
Written by: generoso, 4 Nov 2009 8:37 AM
From: United States, Santo Domingo
Congratulations to the whole Pineda family, including our esteemed Jorge Pineda, the outspoken editor of DT.
Judge Diccia Pineda has come a long way from Baitoa, Santiago. We need about 1000 more like her in the DR to give credibility to our judicial system.
Written by: Cacique, 4 Nov 2009 9:45 AM
From: Dominican Republic
No matter she paleface, us kiskeya injuns also proud...!yai yai yai!
From: United States
Generoso is right on, we need an army of Diccia Pineda (male or female) to revitalize faith in DR's judicial system. I best wished to Judge Pineda-Kirwan, may God bless her always and may she uphold the law in a just and righteous way for all citizens.
I hope our youth will take notice of the Judge's accomplishments and use that as motivation to grab their own future by the horns in order to become the best they can be thus making a positive contribution to their country and communities, as well as the old country of Quisqueya.
Written by: dagtan, 4 Nov 2009 11:54 PM
From: United States
Ms. Pineda, i hope that you look into the many cases of our Dominican youth that are simply sitting in the docket collecting dust while they collect years behind bars. I hope that you are brave enough to deal with these issues and not fear the rage that is coming to you from the jail system investors.
Right now in the U.S. there are agencies that their only job is to determine how many fourth graders are pre-determined to do some jail time and therefore, use that data to determine how many new cells to built to meet the demand.
The U.S. has the largest number of inmates in the WORLD with a great majority of them being African Americans and Hispanics. The total number is about 3 million inmates, more than many countries.
Look at the great State of Texas, the state with the greatest number of death penalties and the greatest number of wrongful convictions and executions, LOL. What a justice system they have down there, lol. Ms. Pineda, do not allow NY to be another TX.
From: United States, Faber College Double Secret Probation
Dag we should send them to La Victoria to await the outcome .....they are the victims suffering in American jails poor guys ......It is a good thing they have comrade dag looking out for these victims of the oppressor
From: United States
Fantastic story. En Hora Buena to Judge Pineda-Kirwan, her family, Baitoa, El Cibao, Quisqueya.
Written by: dagtan, 5 Nov 2009 4:22 PM
From: United States
blu, remember, i must be able to love my country and people, and be able to still love justice.
From: United States
i read her profile...super impressive, even suma cum laude, etc., this is what the dominicans need to see more of in the news...its also the 'american' dream i.e. off the boat immigrant does good.
on the other hand she probably slept around with all those supreme court judges she had to underclerk for....hahahah
Written by: danny00, 5 Nov 2009 6:44 PM
From: United States
see u dont have to sell your body or sell drugs..... wish the young in the dr could see this., and let a lady like her be their HERO...not the gangsters or so called mafia in the dr...{al capone would roll over in this grave if he saw the dr mafia}
From: United States, Faber College Double Secret Probation
jungle monkey Judge Pineda Kirwan would not appreciate reading the last part of your remarks nor would her brother who is the editor of Dominican Today.....I recommend you edit your feeble attempt at humor
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Judge Pineda-Kirwan is also fluent in Spanish and literate in French and Portuguese.
Judge Diccia Pineda has come a long way from Baitoa, Santiago. We need about 1000 more like her in the DR to give credibility to our judicial system.
I hope our youth will take notice of the Judge's accomplishments and use that as motivation to grab their own future by the horns in order to become the best they can be thus making a positive contribution to their country and communities, as well as the old country of Quisqueya.
Right now in the U.S. there are agencies that their only job is to determine how many fourth graders are pre-determined to do some jail time and therefore, use that data to determine how many new cells to built to meet the demand.
The U.S. has the largest number of inmates in the WORLD with a great majority of them being African Americans and Hispanics. The total number is about 3 million inmates, more than many countries.
Look at the great State of Texas, the state with the greatest number of death penalties and the greatest number of wrongful convictions and executions, LOL. What a justice system they have down there, lol. Ms. Pineda, do not allow NY to be another TX.
on the other hand she probably slept around with all those supreme court judges she had to underclerk for....hahahah