On June 13, New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Janet DiFiore joined the recipients of the Gender Fairness Committee of the Manhattan Supreme Court's 2022 Women's History Recognition Awards

The woman recognized with the award were retired Appellate Division, First Department Justice Betty Ellerin, who is now a senior counsel at Alston & Bird; retired Court of Appeals Judge Carmen Ciparick, who is of counsel to Greenberg Traurig; and First Department Justice Angela Mazzarelli.

Ellerin was the first woman to be appointed Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts, the first woman appointed to the Appellate Division First Department, and the first woman to serve as presiding justice of the First Department.