Roger Juan Maldonado, who takes over as the new president of the New York City Bar Association at its annual meeting Tuesday, is a partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell. Some of the clients he represents are musicians, publishers and record labels in copyright and contractual matters and students in federal class actions involving special education services.

At the New York City Bar Association, Maldonado was until recently the chair of the task force on Puerto Rico. He has also served as a vice president and member of the executive committee and as chair of the Council on Judicial Administration, the task force on international legal services, the task force on Housing Court and the Housing Court committee.