Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department Supreme Court of the State of New York (2006-Present) Appointed by Governor George E. Pataki on November 17, 2006

Associate Justice of the Appellate Term, Ninth and Tenth Districts Supreme Court of the State of New York; presided over appellate cases originating in the lower trial courts. (2004-2006)

Justice of the Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District
Elected on November 2, 1999 to a Fourteen Year Term Commencing January 2000 Term Expires December 31, 2013; presided over Integrated Domestic Violence Court,
Westchester County (New York State Pilot Court) involving related Domestic Violence, Family Court and Matrimonial also known as “One Family/One Judge”. (2001-2005)

County Court Judge, Westchester County Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District Elected on November 2, 1993 to a Ten Year Term commencing January 1994; presided over criminal and civil cases (1994-1999)

Adjunct Professor of Law
- Manhattanville College - (1996 to present) Issues in Family Law and Administration of Justice; Criminal Law and Procedure; and The Rights of Crime Victims
- Iona College (1989-1993) Business Law I and II

Principal Law Clerk to Hon. Kenneth H. Lange (1985-1993) Westchester County Court Judge, Acting Justice of the Supreme Court

Assistant District Attorney, Westchester County, March 1979 to November 1985
-Superior Court Trial Division, Career Criminal Bureau
Trial Attorney, extensive trial prosecution of designated career criminals.
-Rackets Bureau
-Local Court Bureau

Private Practice of Law (1977-1979)

1984 United States Supreme Court

1984 United States Supreme Court, Southern District of New York

1978 United States District Court, Eastern District of New York

1978 New York State Courts

St. John’s University School of Law, J.D. 1977
-Publications, Balance ('77); Federal Criminal Case Review ('76 and '77)

Boston College, B.S. Economics, Cum Laude 1974
-Honors Program

Cornell University Institute on Organized Crime, 1979

Authored:

“At What Age May A Child Testify Under Oath?”, The Navigator, Vol. 2, Issue 1

“Seeking Truth, Preserving Rights-Battered Women’s Syndrome/Extreme Emotional Distress: Abuse Excuse or Syndrome Defense”, Pace Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 1

N.Y.S. Commission on the Jury, appointed by Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye
Committee to Promote Gender Fairness in the Courts, 9th J.D.
Court Responses to Batterers Program Noncompliance: A National Perspective, Advisory Board
N.Y.S. Division of Criminal Justice Services Advisory Committee, Violence Against Women Act
Criminal Justice Advisory Board, Westchester County Instructor/Presenter, Unified Court System, Orientation Seminar for Newly-Elected and Newly-Appointed Judges
Former Member Domestic Violence Council, Westchester County
Former Director, Chairman Scholarship Committee - Columbian Lawyers Association, Westchester Co.
Former Chair, Sex Offender Management Committee, Westchester County
Former President, White Plains Bar Association
Former Advisory Board Member, Victims Assistance Services, Westchester County
Westchester County, New York State, and Westchester Women’s Bar Association
President Emeritus, Prader-Willi Alliance of New York, Inc.
Former Member Special Education P.T.A., Harrison
Board of Directors, Alumni Association St. John’s University School of Law
Chair, Westchester Chapter, Alumni Association St. John’s University School of Law
Former Vice President and Board of Directors, Lions International
Alumni Admission Volunteer, Boston College
Parishioner/Lector Our Lady of Sorrows Church, White Plains
Former Member St. Agnes Hospital Children's Rehabilitation Center, Development
Committee
Order Sons of Italy; Italian Civic Association; and Enrico Fermi Scholarship Fund