Justice Lourdes M. Ventura
Associate Justice, New York State Appellate Division, Second Department, Appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul, August 07, 2023
Associate Justice, Appellate Term of the Supreme Court for the 2nd, 11th and 13th Judicial Districts, Appointed by Acting Chief Administrative Judge Tamiko Amaker, 2023
Justice, Supreme Court, Queens County, Elected, 2020 to 2033
Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County, Elected, 2019
Ahmuty, Demers & McManus, Partner 2006, 2010 to 2018
New York State Senate, Deputy Chief of Staff and Counsel, 2007 to 2010
Office of the NYS Attorney General, Civil Rights Bureau, Assistant Attorney General, 2002 to 2006
District Attorney of Queens County, Assistant District Attorney, 1998 to 2002
Legal Resources Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, Intern, 1997
Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, New York, Ella Baker Intern, 1996
Queens Legal Services, Housing Unit Intern, 1995
NYS, Appellate Division, Second Department, 1999
United States Supreme Court, 2015
United States District Court, Western District of New York, 2005
District of Columbia, 2001
United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 2001
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2001
J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, 1998
M.S.W., State University of New York at Buffalo School of Social Work, 1998
B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1994
New York Pattern Jury Instructions (Civil) Committee, Member, 2023 to Present
Latino Judges Association, President, 2023 to Present
Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert, Board Member, 2022 to Present
Supreme Court Justices' Association of City of New York, Board Member, 2022 to 2024
Queens Supreme Court Civil Term Equal Justice in the Courts Committee, Co-Chair, 2021 to 2023
National Association of Women Judges, Member, 2019 to 2024
New York Women Judges Association, Inc., Member, 2024 to Present
New York State Bar Association, Delegate, 2018 to 2021, 2016 to 2017
Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, Officer, 2016 to 2019
Queens County Women's Bar Association, President, 2015 to 2016
Queens County Bar Association, Board Member and Grievance Committee Member, 2011 to 2017
Dominican Bar Association, Board Member, 2010, 2002 to 2004
University at Buffalo Law School Dean's Advisory Council, Emeritus Member, 2009 to Present
Association of Small Claims Arbitrators, Arbitrator, 2005 to 2005
Hispanic National Bar Association, New York Deputy Regional President, 2004 to 2008
Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County, President, 2004 to 2006
Supreme Court of Queens County Law Library, Past Trustee