from the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. Reappointed January 2022. Appointed January 2017. Appointed January 2008; reappointed December 2015. (Formerly appointed to the Interim Civil Court June 2016). Judge Deepa Ambekar was first appointed as an Interim Civil Court Judge in May 2018 and has been serving in Criminal Court. Reappointed December 2012. Prior to that, she served as a Staff Attorney in The Legal Aid Society in both Kings and Bronx counties. Prior to his appointment, Judge Kitsis served with the New York County District Attorneys Office for 33 years in various positions including Bureau Chief of the Frauds Bureau and Senior Investigative Counsel of Major Economic Crimes. Our web site has been designed to enhance and provide greater access to all records and court proceedings. He received his undergraduate degree from Queens College and law degree from Temple University, Beasley School of Law. from Tufts University and J.D. (Formerly appointed to the Interim Civil Court January 2013). She graduated from New York University and Columbia University School of Law. Appointed January 2021. from Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. Appointed October 2022. NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 17: Cardi B appears at Queens County Criminal Court after not meeting her requirements for her misdemeanor guilty plea on January 17, 2023 in New York City. Prior to his appointment, Judge Dunn started his career with the Immigration and Naturalization Service as Assistant General Counsel for 10 years. Criminal Court of the City of New York, Queens County. She formerly served with the Bronx County District Attorneys Office as an Assistant District Attorney in the Criminal Court, Intake, Narcotics and Trial (Gun Readiness Unit) Bureaus. She is a graduate of Brooklyn College and received her J.D. Judge Joshua A. Glick was appointed as a Criminal Court Judge in August 2021. Judge Srividya Pappachan was first appointed as an Interim Civil Court Judge in December 2021 and has been serving in Criminal Court. Queens Arraignments. Judge Archana Rao was appointed as an Interim Civil Court Judge in January 2019 and has been serving in Criminal Court. Reappointed January 2009; January 2019. Appointed August 2021. The Hon. Prior to his appointment, Judge Rosenblueth was with the Queens County District Attorneys Office before becoming a criminal defense attorney in private practice. Judge Laurence Busching is a graduate of Boston College and St. John's University School of Law. from St. Johns University School of Law. Prior to his appointment, he served as a Principal Court Attorney and Supervising Court Attorney in Criminal Court, he was a solo practitioner, and a criminal defense attorney for Queens Law Associates and the Legal Aid Society. Prior to her appointment, Judge Serita served as the Executive Assistant to the Administrative Judge of Queens County Supreme Court, and has worked in a variety of capacities in the New York State Unified Court System since 1999. Reappointed January 2022. Reappointed January 2018. He is a graduate of New York University and received his J.D. Appointed January 2019. CR-013005-22QN. He is a graduate of the University of Rochester and received his J.D. Information is available for all criminal courts in New York City and Nassau and Suffolk Counties, some County Courts, and many City Courts. He began his legal career with The Legal Aid Society, Queens County Criminal Defense Division as a Staff Attorney and later as a Senior Staff Attorney. She was an associate for private law firms, a former prosecutor in Kings County, and held executive positions in city and state investigative agencies. He began his career with South Brooklyn Legal Services before becoming a senior attorney for the Legal Aid Society's Brooklyn Office for the Aging. from Howard University School of Law. (Formerly appointed to the Interim Civil Court January 2011). Judge Hartofilis was with the Queens County District Attorneys Office for eight years before starting his own criminal defense practice, which he maintained for the last 22 years. Appointed December 2021. Prior to his appointment to the bench, he served with the New York State Unified Court System as a Principal Law Clerk in the Appellate Division, Second Department. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Clott served with the Legal Aid Society in the Criminal Appeals Bureau and the Federal Defender Division. Judge Pappachan is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and received her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law. Cardi B violated the terms of her agreement by not fulfilling the 15 days of community service she agreed to in her plea. Appointed January 2020. Judge Kathryn Paek was appointed as a Criminal Court Judge in February 2015. Queens County Queens County Criminal Court. He began his legal career with the Queens County District Attorneys Office serving in the Intake, Domestic Violence, Appeals and Trial Bureaus. She was originally appointed to the seat by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2014 and received a reappointment to the position by Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2015. He served as a law clerk to a Supreme Court Judge, Criminal Term, for 13 years. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received her J.D. Judge Fong-Frederick formerly started and maintained his own solo practice. Civil Court Judges Expand All Collapse All Click a name, or press the enter key on a name, to reveal the bio. She is a graduate of Yale University and received her J.D. Appointed January 2020. The New York State Supreme Court is the highest trial court in the state, with 44 state Supreme Court judges in Queens County and an additional seven acting justices covering the. Appointed December 2021. A state court system decision to cut ties with nearly every judge over 70 in New York will push out three Black judges who currently serve in Queens Supreme Court, Criminal Term at the end of the 2020. She then returned to serve as the Executive Assistant District Attorney and Chief of the Investigations Division in the Bronx County District Attorneys Office prior to her appointment to the bench. Judge Kim Petersen was appointed to the Criminal Court in December 2016. Judge Watters received her undergraduate degree from Fordham University and her law degree from Pace University School of Law. After graduating law school, Judge Morales joined the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem (NDSH) as a Kirkland & Ellis Fellow and created defensaNDS a project dedicated to providing bilingual holistic representation to monolingual Spanish speakers accused of crimes in upper Manhattan. Gopee ran for one of the six open seats in the district on Nov. 2, 2021, and won with 11.6 percent of the vote. Darrell L. Gavrin (Democratic) Gavrin is a Queens Supreme Court justice seeking reelection to a new 14-year term. Judge McDonnell served with the New York State Unified Court System for over three decades in various capacities, including as the Deputy Counsel of Criminal Justice at the Office of Court Administration. from New York University School of Law. Appointed January 2016. Judge Laurie Peterson was first appointed as an Interim Civil Court Judge in January 2013 and had been serving in Criminal Court. She previously served as the Deputy Chief of the Child Abuse Bureau for the New York County District Attorney's Office and was a law clerk to a federal judge. Shortly after his graduation from Brooklyn Law School he began his legal career and served with the Kings County District Attorneys Office up until his appointment to the bench. Judge Koenderman was formerly with the Bronx County District Attorney's Office for 23 years where she last served as the Chief of the Child Abuse/Sex Crimes Bureau. Reappointed January 2022. Appointed January 2010. Joanne Watters Borough Chief Clerk Carey Wone Location: The Queens Criminal Court and the Summons Part are located at 125-01 Queens Blvd. Judge Michael Gaffey was appointed as an Interim Civil Court Judge in January 2019 and has been serving in Criminal Court. Prior to his appointment, Judge Guarino was Principal Court Attorney in Queens County Criminal and Supreme Courts. Reappointed January 2019. Prior to her appointment Judge Wang served with the New York State Unified Court System for six years as a Principal Court Attorney in Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Bronx County. He received his undergraduate degree from George Washington University and his law degree from Boston University School of Law. Lefferts Bl/Austin St is 200 yards away, 3 min walk. Judge Keshia Espinal was appointed to the Criminal Court in May 2017. Reappointed January 2020. Judge Tamiko Amaker Judge Deepa Ambekar Judge Giyang An Judge Stephen Antignani Judge Frederick Arriaga Judge Angela Badamo Judge Mary Bejarano Judge Beth Beller Judge Miriam Best Judge Denis Boyle Judge James Burke Reappointed January 2012; January 2022. (Formerly appointed to the Interim Civil Court January 2019). Judge Abena Darkeh was appointed to the Criminal Court in February 2015. Appointed January 2018. Judge Svetkey most recently served with the New York State Unified Court System as an Associate Court Attorney in Criminal Court, New York County. Appointed January 2019. Judge Valentina M. Morales was appointed as a Criminal Court Judge in August 2021. from Hofstra University Law School. Prior to her appointment, Judge Chu served with the Kings County District Attorney's Office for 23 years holding various positions, including Senior Assistant District Attorney in the Homicide Bureau. She received her undergraduate degree from Hofstra University and her J.D. Prior to her appointment to the bench, she served with the New York State Unified Court System as Deputy Chief of Staff. from Columbia Law School. He has held executive positions with the New York County District Attorney's Office and several city agencies, including Chief of the City-Wide Family Court Division of the New York City Law Department, and most recently as First Deputy Criminal Justice Coordinator. Judge James Burke has been a Criminal Court Judge since 2001. Administration. He served with the Bronx County District Attorney's Office and was a criminal defense attorney in private practice for over 20 years. (Formerly appointed to the Interim Civil Court January 2019; reappointed January 2020). She most recently served as Principal Court Attorney in Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Kings County and as Chief of Staff in the Office of Policy and Planning for the New York State Office of Court Administration. He graduated from Tufts University and received his J.D. Judge Perlmutter has been practicing criminal law for 22 years as a prosecutor with the Queens County District Attorneys Office, a solo practitioner, and a partner in various firms, most recently at Perlmutter & McGuinness, PC. He served with the Queens County District Attorney's Office and was the Deputy Chief of the Special Victims Bureau and Chief of the Public Corruption Bureau of the Nassau County District Attorney's Office. He received his undergraduate degree from Boston College and his J.D. Subway: E F. Judge Simiyon Haniff was first appointed as an Interim Civil Court Judge in December 2021 and has been serving in Criminal Court. Reappointed January 2019. Judge Giyang An was appointed to the Criminal Court in December 2021. She received her undergraduate degree from Ithaca College and her law degree from Cardozo School of Law. Prior to her appointment, Judge Beller served with the New York State Unified Court System for 11 years as a Principal Court Attorney in Supreme Court, Criminal Division, Bronx County. Judge Wanda Licitra was appointed as an Interim Civil Court Judge in January 2019 and has been serving in Criminal Court. Judge Phyllis Chu, was appointed to the Criminal Court in December 2016. She served as the Supervising Judge of New York County Criminal Court from 2008 to 2012 and as the Administrative Judge of New York City Criminal Court from 2014 to 2017. Prior to his appointment, he served as a Principal Court Attorney in Supreme Court, was a Supervising Attorney for the Legal Aid Society, was a litigation associate for private firms, and clerked for a federal judge. Judge Marisol Martinez Alonso was first appointed as an Interim Civil Court Judge in February 2018 and has been serving in Criminal Court. She graduated from Brown University and received her J.D. Reappointed January 2019. (Formerly appointed to the Interim Civil Court May 2017). Prior to her appointment, Judge Espinal served with the Queens County District Attorneys Office for 16 years in several bureaus, including as a Supervising Assistant District Attorney for the Domestic Violence Bureau. She has been serving in Criminal Court. Ms. Perez is the principal attorney at Perez Law Offices, PLLC, with . from the University of Virginia, School of Law. . Judge Mitchell was a former prosecutor with the Bronx County District Attorney's Office, Chief of the Criminal Division in the United States Virgin Islands Department of Justice, and was most recently an Assistant Attorney General in Charge of the Harlem/Bronx Regional Office. from Syracuse University College of Law. Judge Alvin Yearwood, an Acting Supreme Court Justice, was appointed to the Criminal Court in January 2003. (Formerly reappointed to the Interim Civil Court January 2002; January 2003; January 2004). from Brooklyn Law School. Prior to her appointment, Judge Bejarano returned to public service as a prosecutor with the Kings County District Attorney's Office. Appointed January 2018. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and received her J.D. Judge Koshy is a graduate of Pace University and received his J.D. She is a graduate of Vassar College and received her J.D. Appointed October 2022. from New York University School of Law. She is a graduate of New York University and received her J.D. She previously worked in the private sector and later served in the Kings County and New York County District Attorney's Offices, as well as in the United States Attorney's Office. Judge Badamo previously served with the Legal Aid Society's Criminal Appeals Bureau and subsequently joined the New York State Unified Court System as a Law Clerk in both Criminal and Civil Courts before serving as Assistant Deputy Counsel in the Office of the Chief Administrative Judge. from Fordham Law School. Reappointed January 2018 and January 2020. Judge Kerry Ward was appointed as an Interim Civil Court Judge in January 2019 and has been serving in Criminal Court. A link to a mobile version is provided. Judge Raja Rajeswari was appointed as a Criminal Court Judge in April 2015. Most recently, she was Director of Government Programs, Social Justice Initiatives and a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School. She is a graduate of SUNY New Paltz and received her J.D. He is a graduate of New York University and received his J.D from Temple University School of Law. Judge Amaker spent her entire legal career in the Bronx County District Attorney's Office where she last served as Deputy Chief of the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Bureau. If you wish to keep the information in your envelope between pages, Judge Poust Lopez received her undergraduate degree from Herbert H. Lehman College and her law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Appointed February 2008. He is a graduate of St. John's University and received his J.D. Judge Alex Calabrese was first appointed to the Criminal Court in April 1997. Judge Curtis Farber was first appointed as an Interim Civil Court Judge in July 2012 and has been serving in Criminal Court. Staff is available through the automated phone system during business hours. Appointed January 2021. (Formerly appointed to the Interim Civil Court January 2009). Accessing Verdicts requires a change to your plan. British judges gave the go-ahead Monday, Jan. 16, 2023 for the Court of Appeal to consider challenges to the British government's plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda . Appointed February 2015. He received his bachelors degree from Queens College, CUNY and his law degree from Hofstra University, School of Law. Judge Steven Hornstein was appointed to the Criminal Court in January 2013. Reappointed January 2012; January 2022. Prior to her appointment, she worked for the New York City Law Department, and served as a Deputy Chief with the New York County District Attorney's Office and Bureau Chief with the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor. He graduated from SUNY at Brockport and received his law degree from Ohio Northern School of Law. JUDICIAL OFFICES . She is a graduate of SUNY Binghamton and received her J.D. A day after New York's top judge announced her retirement, one of Queens' own top judges announced that they too would be stepping down. She graduated from Brandeis University and received her J.D. She began her legal career with the Queens County District Attorneys Office and subsequently served as Principal Court Attorney in the Appellate Division, First Department, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, as well as, in Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Queens County. Judge Toko Serita was appointed to the Criminal Court in October 2005. Appointed October 2005. from St. John's University School of Law. Judge Tamiko Amaker was appointed as a Criminal Court Judge in January 2010. The Mayor appointed the following judge to Family Court: Judge Jonathan H. Shimwas first appointed as an Interim Civil Court Judge in February 2018 and has been serving in Family Court. 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