Bronx Legal Services named Maribel Martinez-Gunter Project Director of Bronx Legal Services, a program of Legal Services NYC which provides free legal services to thousands of low-income Bronx residents each year. Martinez-Gunter has served as Interim Project Director of Bronx Legal Services since early 2025.

Martinez-Gunter has been with Legal Services NYC for over 18 years, serving first as a staff attorney and later as a leader of the Family Law and Immigration practices in its Manhattan office. Her accomplishments include successfully leading the Upper Manhattan Domestic Violence Services Collaborative, launching the annual Shine the Light in Harlem events, building a mental health–legal partnership with a major New York hospital, and helping to create Day One, a youth-focused nonprofit empowering young people to combat dating violence—among many other achievements.

Maribel is a graduate of New York University and The City University of New York School of Law and is a Leadership Fellow Alum of the Executive Certificate Program at Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs of Baruch College. She serves on two Boards and is frequently a guest lecturer for law school and college classes.

Read more on Maribel’s appointment and learn more about Legal Services NYC on their website here.