Verónica Romero-Guerrero
Vice Chairperson
Verónica Romero-Guerrero is second generation Puerto Rican living in New York. A quintessential NewYorkRican.
Veronica graduated from NYU with her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and received her Juris Doctor degree from St. John’s University School of Law.
She began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in Westchester County. Subsequently, she served as Court Attorney to the Administrative Judge in New York State Supreme Court, Bronx County. Later she was an associate at a private injury firm in White Plains, New York.
Ms. Guerrero then opened her own successful law office. For over a dozen years she served the primarily latino communities of Lower Westchester, Upper Manhattan and the Bronx as a sole practitioner representing and advising clients in matters of real estate, criminal defense, matrimonial and family law.
She presently participates on the Executive Board of the Bronx Women’s Bar Association, is a member of The City Bar of New York, The Dominican Bar association, The Puerto Rican Bar Association, and The Hudson Valley Hispanic Bar Association amongst others. She regularly sits on panels advising law students throughout New York State on how to prepare for admission to the Bar. She is also an active member of the Anti-Bias Committee of the Appellate Division, First Department where she chairs the Digital Distribution Subcommittee.
She is most proud of her recent appointment as Commissioner to The Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission which is committed to ensuring fair and respectful treatment for all who enter or serve in our courts and to eliminating barriers to equity.
Before obtaining her law degree, Ms. Guerrero served seven years as a Bilingual and Special Education Teacher with the New York State Department of Education. She is the proud mother of 4, mother-in-law of 1, daughter and happily married wife. She is honored to presently hold the position of Counsel to the Committee of Character and Fitness at the Appellate Division, First Department.