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Justices of the Court

Associate Justice Elena Goldberg Velazquez

Judicial Offices

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

Other Professional Experience

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

Admission to the Bar

New York State, Appellate Division, Second Department, 2007

Education

J.D., CUNY School of Law, 2006

B.A., Syracuse University, 2003


Professional & Civic Activities

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