JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
Designated Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Department, October 2012.
Elected Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, November, 2008. Sat in Civil Term of the Supreme Court.
Appointed Acting Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, May, 1997. Sat in Civil Term of the Supreme Court in New York and Bronx Counties.
Elected Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, November, 1993. Sat in the Civil and Small Claims Parts of the Civil Court.
Appointed Housing Court Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, May 1990. Sat in Kings County.
EDUCATION
Queens College, City University of New York, 1974-1975
B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1977
Magna Cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1980
OTHER LEGAL EXPERIENCE
11/80 to 1/82, Judicial Clerk at Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Department
1/82 to 5/90, Associate Attorney with Richenthal, Abrams and Moss
2004 to present, Adjunct Professor, New York Law School