Associate Justice Elena Goldberg Velazquez
Associate Justice, New York State Appellate Division, Second Department, Appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul, August 18, 2025
Associate Justice, Appellate Term of the Supreme Court for the Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas, 2024
Justice of the Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District, Elected, 2022 to 2036
Acting Family Court Judge, Westchester County, January 2022-December 2022
Judge of the Yonkers City Court, Elected, 2019-2022
New York State Appellate Division, First Department, Principal Appellate Court Attorney, May 2015-December 2019
New York State Appellate Division, First Department, Senior Appellate Court Attorney, January 2010-May 2015
New York City Civil Court, Certified Small Claims Arbitrator, 2017-2019
Soto, Sanchez & Negron, 2007-2009
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP, Law Clerk, 2005-Fall 2006
New York State, Appellate Division, Second Department, 2007
J.D., CUNY School of Law, 2006
B.A., Syracuse University, 2003
Latino Judges Association, President 2025-2027
CUNY School of Law, Board of Visitors, Member, 2013-Present
New York State Women Judges Association, Member 2025-Present
Association of the Supreme Court Justices of the State of New York, 2023-Present
Franklin H. Williams Commission, Mentor, 2020
New York State Bar Association, Member, 2012-Present
New York State Bar Association, Judicial Diversity Sub-Committee, Chair, 2014-2016
New York State Bar Association, House of Delegates, 2016-2019
Westchester County Bar Association, Member
Jewish Lawyers Guild, Annual Gala, Co-Chairperson, 2019
Puerto Rican Bar Association, Member, President 2012-2013