EDUCATION:
- PACE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
White Plains, New York 10603
J.D. June 1979
- HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
Hempstead, New York 11550
B.A. June 1976 Psychology
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE:
- New York State, February 1980
- Southern District, United States District Court, February 1980
- Eastern District, United States District Court, February 1980
- New Jersey State, January 1981
- New Jersey United States District Court, January 1981
- Florida State, February 1982
- Connecticut State, November 1989
EMPLOYMENT:
| January 2003 |
Supreme Court Justice: Ninth Judicial District. Presiding in Supreme Civil |
| January 1998 - December 2002 |
Family Court Judge: County of Westchester Presided in Yonkers and New Rochelle Family Courts |
| June 1996 - December 1996 |
Appointed to the bench by Governor, after being found to be highly qualified by non- partisan judicial screening committee and unanimously confirmed by the State Senate |
| February 1982 - January 1998 |
Sole Practitioner: 1025 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, New York 10604
Practice involved primarily matrimonial, family and contract law. Representing both litigants and children in Family and Supreme Court. |
| May 1989 |
Adjunct Professor: Westchester Community |
| May 1994 |
College, SUNY-Paralegal Family Law and Wills, Trusts & Estates. |
| January 1984 - June 1986 |
Adjunct Professor: Iona College-Business Law 1and 2 (Contracts and Commercial Papers).
Taught undergraduates at New Rochelle and United States Coast Guard on Governor's Island. |
| March 1980 - February 1982 |
Associate: Eugene L. Scancarelli, 22 West February 1982 First Street, Mount Vernon, New York, 10550.
General Practice including both civil, family
and criminal matters. |
| August 1979 - March 1980 |
Associate: Addesso & Merovitch,9 West Prospec Avenue, Mount Vernon New York 10550. General Practice experience-civil, criminal and family litigation. |
| September 1978 - June 1979 |
Research Assistant: Hugh M. Wade, Professor of Law, Pace University of Law. Research and writing in areas of Administrative Law and Employment Discrimination. |
| June 1978 - February 1979 |
Law Intern: Westchester Legal Services, Inc. 171 East Post Road, White Plains, New York 10601.
Matrimonial and Research and Appeals Divisions. |
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES:
- Member, New York State Women Judges Association
- Member, National Association Women Judges
- Former Member, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
- Former Board Member, Association of Judges of the Family Court of the State of New York
- Member, New York State Bar Association Family Law Section
- Member, Westchester County Bar Association Family Law Section, Trust and Estate Section
Past Chairperson, New Lawyers Section 1984, 1986
- Past Committee Member, County Court, Family Court, Nominating and Grievance Committees.
- Former Member, Law Guardian Panel - Appellate Division Supreme Court, Supervising Attorney for Panel Applicants
- Past President, Executive Committee Member and Founding Member, Westchester County Law Guardians Association
- President, White Plains Bar Association
- Board Member, Woman's Bar Association Westchester Chapter, Chairperson, Judiciary Committee
- Past Chairperson, Legal Referral and Family Court Committees Member, Breast Cancer Awareness Committee
- Former Member, Estate Planning Council of Westchester County, Inc.
CIVIC AND CHARITABLE ASSOCIATIONS:
- Past Board Member, New Rochelle Council of Community Services
- Past Board Member, Westchester Children's Association
- Committee Member, Research and Advocacy, Campaign for Kids, and Family Court Children's Center Committees
- Member, Committee on Gender Fairness Ninth Judicial District
- Past Member, Advisory Board - Yonkers Family Court Children's Center
- Past Board Member, and Past Vice President - Juvenile Law Education Project, Inc.
- Past Advisory Board Member, Hudson Valley Bank Foundation, Inc.
- Past Board Member, Hudson Valley Bank Development Board
- Member, Westchester County Republican Committee 1979-1985, 1990-1997
- Past Chairperson North Castle Republican TownCommittee
- Past Vice President, White Plains Republican Club
- Member, Advisory Board - Mercy College Paralegal Studies
- Member, Advisory Board - Berkley College Paralegal Program
- Judge and Lecturer, Pace University School of Law
- Past Board Member, Byram Hills Scholarship Fund
- Past Member, Westchester County Task Force on Educational Neglect
- Member, Temple Shaaray Tefila, Bedford, New York
- Former Small Claims Arbitrator, White Plains City Court Mount Vernon
- Former Arbitrator, Westchester County Supreme Court
- Former Arbitrator, Fee Dispute Domestic Relations Cases Unified Court System
- Past Committee Member, Mental Health Association,Family Abuse and Services Advisory Committee
- Past Member, White Plains Exchange Club
- Past Member, White Plains Lions Club
- Past Hearing Officer, Mount Vernon City School District
- Former Panel Member, Medical Malpractice Panel
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