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Milagros Camacho, Esq.
Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey
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Milagros Camacho
Immediate Past President (2007-2008)
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, Milagros Camacho emigrated to the
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Milagros went to
New York
University
where she received a degree in Psychology with minors in Political Science and Education.
In 1993, after receiving her jurist doctorate, she accepted a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Severiano Lisboa,
III
, J.S.C.
In 1994, Milagros started working for the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, one of only four Hispanic attorneys in an office with sixty five assistant prosecutors.
In 2002, after having prosecuted hundreds of criminal matters, she was appointed to lead the Sexual Assault Victim Assistance Unit (S.A.V.A.) which handles all the sexual assault and child abuse cases in
Hudson
County
. She was also headed the Domestic Violence Unit and the Megan's Law Unit of the Prosecutor's Office.
During her tenure as supervising attorney, Milagros restructured the units to be more effective and better organized.
Through her efforts to develop a Sexual Assault Response Team (S.A.R.T.) protocol (a victim centered approach to the investigation and prosecution of sexual assaults), her work to create a Child Advocacy Center for Hudson County (a place where child protective services, medical services, and law enforcement come together to better serve the needs of abused children) and through a restructuring of the Hudson County Domestic Violence Working Group (refocusing it on training initiatives and relationship building), Milagros attempted to redefine the manner in which the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office prosecutes sexual and physical abuse cases.
Working closely with a number of other disciplines, through her leadership roles as the S.A.V.A./ D.V./ Megan's Law supervising attorney, the Hudson County S.A.R.T. Coordinator, the Hudson County Multi-Disciplinary Team Coordinator, her participation in The Superior Court of New Jersey Family Court Children in Court Committee and the Domestic Violence Working Group for Hudson County, Milagros has become a recognized spokesperson on victim and child advocacy issues.
In September of 2003, through gubernatorial appointment, Milagros worked on the D.Y.F.S. Restructuring Plan as a member of the Case Practice Working Group Committee.
While on this Committee, Milagros was asked by D.Y.F.S. Director Edward Cotton to Co-Chair the Committee with him.
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This summer Milagros started her own law firm.
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Milagros specializes in family, criminal and immigration law.
Milagros is the President of the Hispanic Bar Association of NJ (HBA-NJ) and has served as the Vice President, Treasurer, Recording Secretary, Membership Secretary, Scholarship Committee Member, and Holiday Toy Drive Chair of the HBA-NJ.
She is a member of the National Hispanic Bar Association, the National Hispanic Prosecutors Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association Women in the Profession Section, the New Jersey State Bar Association Criminal Law Section, the New Jersey State Bar Association Family Law Section, a committee member of the New Jersey State Bar Association Pipeline Initiative 2006/2007, and a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association Diversity Committee.
Milagros also sits on the editorial board of New Jersey Family Lawyer, a monthly legal publication.
She is a member of the Hudson County Bar Association, an executive member of the Hudson County Human Relations Commission, a member of the Hudson County Task Force on Minority Concerns, and a member of the National Association of Cuban American Women.
Milagros previously served as a Board member of the Hudson County Child Abuse Prevention Center and Board of Trustees of Women Rising.
She currently sits on the Foundation Board of the Hudson County Child Abuse Prevention Center.
During her second and third years at law school she was the Director of the Disability Law Clinic.
At her graduation she received an award, which is given annually to the one student that best exemplifies the spirit and intent behind a clinical internship.
While in college she was the president of Delta Phi Epsilon International Sorority, and a representative of the Inter Sorority Sisterhood Council.
In April of 2007, Milagros received the "Campeones de la Justicia" Award given by ALIANZA, Rutgers Law School- Camden for her efforts on behalf of the Latino community.
In recognition of her contributions to the prevention of child abuse, Milagros was one of the first recipients of Save Latin America's 2006 "El Mes de la Mujer Award".
She was the recipient of the 2005 National Association of Cuban American Women "Elena Mederos Award".
In 2004, she was awarded the
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