The South Asian and Indo-Caribbean Bar Association of Queens (SAICBA-Q) honored Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz, pictured above, State Senator Luis Sepulveda and local attorney Gary Miret at an awards dinner on Feb. 27 at Agra Restaurant in Forest Hills. Queens Supreme Court Criminal Term Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas swore in the officers of the bar at the event attended by judges, elected officials and lawyers. Pictured with Katz above is Ajay Chheda, assistant district attorney in Queens and executive vice president of SAICBA-Q.

Dinner attendees and bar association officers pictured below, left to right, are Judge Joseph Zayas, Judge Karen Gopee (president), Andrea Ogle (VP of solo and small firm practice), Sharon Khunkhun (VP of international practice), Ajay Chheda, Manmeet Singh (VP of inclusion), Sagar Chadha (general secretary), Amish Doshi (treasurer), Ali Najmi (VP of external affairs) and Judge Ushir Pandit Durant (advisory board).

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