Juanita Bing Newton, a native New Yorker, was appointed by Governor Mario M. Cuomo in December 1986 to the New York State Court of Claims. Her appointment was confirmed by the Senate and she commenced her term on January 1, 1987. For more than a decade, she served as an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court in New York County first as a trial judge and then as the Administrative Judge. In 1999, Judge Newton was appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Lippman to the statewide position of Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives. In 2003, Judge Newton assumed an additional assignment when she was appointed as the Administrative Judge of the Criminal Court for the City of New York .

B.A., Northwestern University, 1972; J.D., Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, 1975. Admitted to the New York State Bar, 1976. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Newton was an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx County, the Executive Director/General Counsel to the New York State Sentencing Guidelines Committee, and the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts.

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