Partner Dafney Dubuisson Stokes Appointed to Serve on the District Ethics Committee.

Partner Dafney Dubuisson Stokes was Appointed to Serve a four- year term on the District Ethics Committee III B. The District Ethics Committee III B serves the district of Burlington County, New Jersey.

The District Ethics Committee is an independent branch of the Office of Attorney Ethics which acts as the investigative and prosecutorial arm of the Supreme Court of New Jersey in discharging the Court’s constitutional responsibility to supervise and discipline New Jersey attorneys.

The District Ethics Committee is entrusted with the fair and just resolution of attorney ethical disputes in order to preserve the rule of law and to protect the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States and the State of New Jersey. The Committees are composed of both lawyers and non-lawyers.

All District Ethics Committee members must be of high professional standing, actively practicing lawyers and of good moral character. Members must be appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Dafney Dubuisson Stokes is a Partner of Wong Fleming. Ms. Dubuisson Stokes concentrates her practice in creditors’ rights, bankruptcy and automotive finance. She has led creditors’ rights teams on a national level for clients who have experienced their highest recovery rates. She has also successfully defended many automotive finance companies in connection with complex Fair Credit Reporting Act, Truth in Lending and bankruptcy litigation. Prior to a career in litigation, Ms. Dubuisson Stokes worked for almost a decade in the social service sector advocating for youth in specialized foster care placement and instructed classes on critical life skills geared towards inner city young adults that would empower them to gain independence and move forward in life. She has continued her passion for social issues as a lawyer by representing the underprivileged in the areas of civil liberties and criminal justice. With a desire to develop a strong relationship with every client and consistently steer them in the most productive direction, Ms. Dubuisson Stokes consistently goes above and beyond to help the client arrive at a beneficial and satisfactory solution.