WATS GOING ON PITTSBURGH... THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION HOMER S BROWN DIVISION HELD THE MLK JR. PRAYER BREAKFAST JAN 19 2026

 THE ACBA (ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION) HELD THEIR 27TH ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. PRAYER BREAKFAST AT MOUNT ARARAT BAPTIST CHURCH THE MORNING OF MLK JR. DAY. THE EVENT IS ORGANIZED BY THE HOMER S BROWN DIVISION OF THE ACBA AND THERE IS A PROGRAM FOLLOWING THE BREAKFAST. DURING THE PROGRAM THERE ARE SEVERAL SPEAKERS AND AN AWARD GIVEN OUT. THE AWARD IS "THE DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE AWARD", WHICH THIS YEAR WAS AWARDED TO THE HONORABLE NICOLA HENRY-TAYLOR, JUDGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY COMMONS PLEAS CIVIL DIVISION.  BEFORE SHE RAN FOR JUDGE, JUDGE HENRY-TAYLOR SERVED AS THE DIVERSITY DIRECTOR AT DUQUESNE UNIVERSARY'S THOMAS R. KILNE SCHOOL OF LAW AND AS A COMMISSIONER ON BOTH ALLEGHENY COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AND THE PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION FOR FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE. JUDGE HENRY-TAYLOR HAS SERVED AS A PROSECUTOR, PRIVATE PRACTITIONER, AN EDUCATOR AND NOW JUDGE. JUDGE HENRY-TAYLOR WON THE ELECTION IN "21" WAS SWORN-IN IN "22" AND WAS IN THE FAMILY DIVISION UNTIL "26", WHEN SHE MOVED TO THE CIVIL DIVISION OF THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. JUDGE HENRY-TAYLOR HAS ACCOMPLISHED MANY OTHER THINGS IN HER CAREER SUCH AS CO-FOUNDING THE ACBA DIVERSITY COLLABORATIVE, NOW CALLED THE COMMITTEE FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, LAUNCHING THE PATHWAYS TO LEADERSHIP PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF UNDERREPRESENTED ATTORNEYS. SHE CHAIRED ACBA GROUPS LIKE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND THE WOMEN IN THE LAW DIVISION. AFTER AFTER GETTING TO THE BENCH JUDGE HENRY-TAYLOR WAS APPOINTED BY CHIEF JUSTICE DEBRA TODD TO THE PENNSYLVANIA CONTINUING JUDICIAL EDUCATION BOARD AND IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE DUQUESNE KILINE LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD.

PETER MCCALL CHAIR OF THE ACBA'S HOMER S BROWN DIVISION SAYS, "THIS IS THE 27TH YEAR OF OUR DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING BREAKFAST, IT IS OBVIOUSLYHELD TO COMMEMORATE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING HIMSELF, AS WELL AS TO HONOR JUDGE HENRY-TAYLOR WITH THE MAJOR FOR JUSTICE AWARD WHICH WE GIVE OUT ANNUAL TO MEMBERS OF THE BAR WHO EMBODY DR. KINGS LEGACY."

JUDGE NICOLA HENRY-TAYLOR SAYS, "IT HAS BEEN OVERWELMING, IT IS A HUMBLING HONOR AND I FEEL I'M VERY HAPPY AND I'M HOPING THAT IT WILL HELP ME TO CONTINUE TO DO MORE IMPORTANT WORK, BECAUSE WHILE IT IS AN HONOR FOR THE INDIVIDUAL I THINK THAT YOU CAN'T JUST ONLY FOCUS ON YOURSELF, YOU NEED TO BE MINDFUL ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT YOU CAN BE IMPACTFUL IN AND WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE WORK TO DO SO IM LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW BEING HONORED AND RECOGNIZED TO GIVE ME EVEN A BIGGER PLATFORM TO HELP TO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BE A VOICE FOR MARGINALIZED PEOPLE."

WRITTEN BY. J.L. MARTELLO
VIDEO PRODUCTION BY J.L. MARTELLO

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