Judicial Offices
Associate Justice, Appellate Division Second Department
Acting Presiding Justice December 2011 – October 2012 and January 2021- May 2021
Appointed June 5, 2002 by Gov. George E. Pataki; redesignated December 22, 2006,
January 1, 2012, January 1, 2017, and January 1, 2021; retired December 31, 2021
Justice of the NYS Supreme Court January 1996 to June 2002 – Richmond County
Justice of the NYS Supreme Court January 1993 to December 1995 Kings County
Other Professional Experience
Principal Law Clerk, Hon. Louis Sangiorgio – Supreme Court, Richmond County January 1982 to December 1992
Law Clerk, Hon. Michael Pesce – NYC Civil Court, Kings County January 1981 to December 1981
Staff Attorney, Mental Hygiene Legal Service July 1979 to December 1980
Private Practice, January 1979 to July 1979
Admission to the Bar
NYS – Appellate Division, Second Department – 1979
U.S. District Courts – Southern & Eastern Districts – 1980
U.S. Supreme Court – 1988
Education
JD – New York Law School – 1977
BA – Villanova University – 1972
Professional & Civic Activities
Fellow – NY Bar Foundation
Member – NY State Bar Association
Member – Brooklyn Bar Association
Member – Richmond County Bar Association
Member – Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn & Staten Island
Member, Richmond County Jury Board