WBASNY Virtual Convention 2021 Journal

Incoming Officers

Dawn Reid-Green President

Dawn Reid-Green, incoming President, is a native New Yorker who attended the renowned Bronx High School of Science. She is a 1989 graduate of the University at Buffalo School of Law. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from the University at Buffalo. Ms. Reid-Green has worked in the public sector for over 30 years. She specializes in personal injury defense, and holds the position of Unit Chief-Kings County at a transportation company. Prior to her appointment as Unit Chief, she headed the Richmond County arm of the Queens/Richmond Trial Unit for 18 years.

Ms. Reid-Green is an active member of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY). She has served as President-Elect, Vice President, WBASNY Treasurer, Co-Chair- 2016 Voter Registration Drive Committee and Co-Chair-2017 Convention Committee. Ms. Reid- Green held the position of President of the Staten Island Women’s Bar Association from 2013- 2015 and continues to serve as a member of the SIWBA Advisory Council. Ms. Reid-Green has served as a Board Member of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA) since 2015, and currently serves as the MBBA delegate to the Kings County Democratic Judicial Screening Committee (2020-2021). She is a member of the Columbian Lawyers Association-Brooklyn, and Richmond County Bar Association. She is a past member of the Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commission-Second Department. She has also participated as a scoring judge for the Empire Mock Trial Competition. Ms. Reid-Green community engagement includes: Second Vice President of the Board of the Staten Island Historical Society from 2015-2018; President-Elect of Soroptimist International- Staten Island Chapter; Vice President of Jack and Jill of America, Inc.-Brooklyn Chapter from 2010- 2012 and Recording Secretary of Associates Group of Jack and Jill of America, Inc.- Brooklyn Chapter from 2019-2021. She is a member of the National Council of Negro Woman- Staten Island and NAACP-Staten Island Branch. Ms. Reid-Green also works as a guest lecturer at CUNY School of Law.

Ms. Reid-Green was honored to receive the 2015 MBBA Bar Leader of the Year Award, and the 2015 Staten Island Black History Month Town Hall Meeting Award for Community Service.

Ms. Reid-Green is married to Richard Green, a guitarist with The Eturnity Band. They have two daughters, Naja Green Monette and Gabrielle Green, and a son-in law Jordan Monette, all graduates of the prestigious Howard University, Washington D.C.