Honorable Joseph A. Zayas

JUDICIAL OFFICES

• Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, Queens County, Appointed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, 2003 to 2009

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

• Supreme Court Justice Rolando T. Acosta, Principal Court Attorney, 1998 to 2003
• Legal Aid Society, Capital Defense Unit, Senior Staff Attorney, 1996 to 1997
• Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, Senior Staff Attorney, 1993 to 1996
• Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division, Senior Staff Attorney
• Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, Staff Attorney, 1988 to 1991

ADMISSION TO THE BAR

• NYS, Appellate Division, Second Department, 1989

EDUCATION

• J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 1988
• B.A., Fordham University, College at Lincoln Center, 1985

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES

• Committee Member, Committee on the Future of Criminal Indigent Defense Services, 2004 to present
• Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1991 to present
• Committee Member, Criminal Courts Committee, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1991 to 1992
• Member, Puerto Rican Bar Association, 1998 to present
• Member, Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County, 1999 to present
• Member, National Hispanic Bar Association, 2004 to present
• Member, Association of Judges of Hispanic Heritage, 2003 to present
• Soccer Coach, Little Neck Douglaston Youth Club, 1999 to present
• Basketball and Football Coach, DAC Youth Club, 2003 to present