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NYC Mayor Celebrates Confirmation of Muriel

Goode-Trufant as New York City Corporation Counsel

OUR BUREAU for providing legal representation to the City of New
York — including for the Mayor’s Office, the Pub-
NEW YORK, NY
lic Advocate’s Office, the Comptroller’s Office, city
ew York City Mayor Eric Adams has cele- agencies, and the City Council — in all affirmative
brated the confirmation of Muriel Goode-Tr- and defensive civil litigation. Goode-Trufant replac-
Nufant, his pick for New York City’s 82nd cor- es Judge Sylvia Hinds-Radix, who retired this spring.
poration counsel, by the New York City Council in Trufant began her career at the New York City
a 41-7 vote. Goode-Trufant has spent more than 30 Law Department in 1991 as an attorney in the Gen-
years at the New York City Law Department, where eral Litigation Division, where she held numerous
she has served as acting corporation counsel since roles, including assistant chief of the division. She
this summer. later became the agency’s equal employment oppor-
“Muriel Goode-Trufant’s deep legal expertise tunity officer and rose to the position of chief in the
and decades of experience as a public servant have Special Federal Litigation Division. Goode-Trufant
made her fully prepared to serve our entire city gov- became the Law Department’s managing attorney
ernment and help lead New York City forward in in 2015 and first assistant corporation counsel in
her new role as the city’s chief lawyer,” said May- 2023. Before working for the city, she was an asso-
or Adams. “Thank you to my colleagues in the City City Council for nominating and confirming me for ciate at the Philadelphia law firm Cohen, Shapiro,
Council for their fair and timely consideration of this position. I look forward to continuing my work Polisher, Shiekman and Cohen. Goode-Trufant has
such a supremely qualified and capable nominee.” with the dedicated members of the Law Depart- won numerous legal awards, including the Law De-
“It is an honor to serve as New York City’s 82nd ment, who embody the principles of fairness and jus- partment’s highest honor, the Corporation Coun-
corporation counsel and to lead the finest public law tice as they work to further the interests of the city.” sel’s Award for Distinguished Legal Service, in 2011.
office in the country,” said Corporation Counsel As corporation counsel, Goode-Trufant will lead Goode-Trufant is a graduate of Temple University
Goode-Trufant. “I thank both Mayor Adams and the the Law Department, which is primarily responsible School of Law and the University of Pennsylvania.

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