Judicial Offices
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Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo on January 1, 1994
Justice of the Supreme Court, 12th Judicial District
elected November, 1983; 1st Term: January 1, 1984 to December 31, 1997;
re-elected November, 1997; 2nd Term: January 1, 1998 to Present
Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Bronx County
January 27, 1981 to December 31, 1983
Judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York
December 28, 1977 to January 26, 1981 |
Other
Professional
Experience |
Deputy Secretary of State and Counsel to New York Secretary of State Mario Cuomo April 14, 1975 to December 28, 1977
Law Secretary to Justice Joseph P. Sullivan, Supreme Court, Bronx County
January 1, 1972 to December 31, 1974
Administrative Attorney - Office of Legal Procedures of the Parking Violations Bureau (PVB) of the City of New York, November 2, 1970 to December 29, 1972
Assistant District Attorney, Bronx County, February 3, 1969 to October 30, 1970
Private Practice - January 1, 1975 to April 11, 1975
October 1963 to February 1969 |
Admission
to the Bar |
New York State, Appellate Division, First Department, 1963
United States Supreme Court, 1968 |
Education |
New York University School of Law, LL.M. (1966)
Fordham University School of Law, LL.B., (1963) J.D.
Manhattanville College, B.A. (1958)
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Publications &
Leading Cases |
Elkin v Cassarino, 248 AD2d 35 [1998]
Pakistan Arts & Entertainment Corp. v Pakistan International Airlines Corp.,
232 AD2d 29 [1997]
Hecht v Kaplan, 221 AD2d 100 [1996]
Matter of Sferrazza v Bergdorf Goodman, Inc., 213 AD2d 44 [1995]
Huston v Hayden Building Maintenance Corp., 205 AD2d 68 [1994]
Matter of 78 South First Street Housing Development Fund Corporation v Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York, 202 AD2d 115 [1994] |
Professional &
Civic Activities |
New York State Association of Women Judges, Inc.; President, 1990-1992
National Association of Women Judges; Director, District 2, 1991-1993 (CT, NY, VT)
Board of Justices of the Supreme Court, 12th Judicial District; Treasurer, 1990-present
The Supreme Court Justices Association, N.Y.C.; President, 1997-1998
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Elected Judicial Member;
Member since 1974
Member, Committee on Symposia, 1997
Moderator, Panel Discussion on Physician Assisted Suicide, May 1997
Bronx County Bar Association; Chairman, Board of Directors, 1977; President, 1976
Co-Chair, Jury Selection Uniformity Committee, 1996
New York State Bar Association; longstanding member
Metropolitan Women’s Bar Association (Formerly Bronx Women’s Bar Association);
Member, Board of Governors; President, 1969-1971
Columbian Lawyers Association, First Judicial Department;
Recipient, Charles A. Rapallo Award, 1989
Bronx Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York,
A Chapter of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York
Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
JALBCA (Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert), Member of the Board of Directors |
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