Justices of the Court

Associate Justice John R. Higgitt

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

Designated Associate Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, May 2021 to Present.

Designated Associate Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Judicial Department, August 2020 to May 2021.

Elected Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Bronx County, January 2020 to Present.

Appointed Acting Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Bronx County, June 2018 to December 2019.

Appointed Judge of the New York State Court of Claims, June 2018 to December 2019.

OTHER LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Chief court attorney, New York State Supreme Court, Bronx County, 2015 to 2018

Court attorney-referee, New York State Supreme Court, Bronx County, 2010 to 2015

Chief court attorney, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Judicial Department, 2009 to 2010

Principal law clerk to Associate Justice, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, 2005 to 2009

Principal law clerk to Justice, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, 2003 to 2005

Appellate court attorney, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, 2002 to 2003

EDUCATION

J.D., Albany Law School, 2001

B.A., State University of New York, College at Cortland, 1998

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member, New York State Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions (Civil), Assoc. of Supreme Court Justices, 2021 to Present

Member, New York State Bench Book Committee, Assoc. of Supreme Court Justices, 2020 to Present

Member, New York State Supreme Court E-Filing Advisory Committee to the Chief Administrative Judge, 2015 to Present

Reporter, New York State Bench Book Committee, Assoc. of Supreme Court Justices, 2011 to 2018

Adjunct Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY, 2007 to 2010

Member, Advisory Committee on Civil Practice to the Chief Administrative Judge, 2005 to 2018

Reporter, New York State Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions (Civil), Assoc. of Supreme Court Justices, 2002 to 2019