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March 8, 2023Albany Law School Announces 2023 Kate Stoneman Awardees
Albany Law School’s Kate Stoneman Honorary Committee is proud to announce Hon. Teneka E. Frost ’02—Schenectady’s first Black City Court judge—as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Miriam M. Netter ’72 Kate Stoneman Award.
Additionally, Judge Patricia Marks ’74, the first female full-time Assistant District Attorney in the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office.
Albany Law School’s prestigious Stoneman Awards are presented to individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to seeking change and expanding opportunities for women within the legal profession. The awards are in honor of Kate Stoneman, the first woman admitted to practice law in New York State and the first female graduate of Albany Law School, Class of 1898.
Secretary Alejandra N. Paulino ’02, the first Latina to serve as the Secretary of the New York Senate, will be honored with Kate Stoneman awards as part of the law school’s 29th Kate Stoneman Day, scheduled for Thursday, March 23, 2023 at Albany Law School or viewed virtually.
Past Stoneman Award honorees include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, New York State Solicitor General Barbara Underwood, Arlinda F. Locklear, pioneering litigator in Native American law, the Honorable Constance Baker Motley, the first African-American woman appointed to the federal judiciary, former New York Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye—who delivered the inaugural keynote in 1994—and other leaders in the private sector, public service, and academia.
