Consistent with my objective of a judicial career, I sought and was appointed Westchester County Family Court Support Magistrate in 2003. I preside over cases filed by residents who reside in Yonkers, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, Tuckahoe and Bronxville. Annually, I hear and determine more than two thousand (2000) petitions seeking to set child or spousal support, establish paternity, set arrears or modify support already established. I also decide motions, make recommendations for warrants and incarceration as well as carry out the powers granted my position by the Family Court Act. My court part is administered effectively and efficiently with the assistance of two non-legal staff members. I do not have a legal assistant and so I am solely responsible for researching, writing and reviewing my orders and findings of fact and decisions.
         In 2004, I was designated as the Magistrate to the Yonkers City Court Integrated Domestic Violence Court which means I am assigned Family Court support cases that involve parties who also have a pending or prior domestic violence case in Criminal Court. As a New York County Assistant District Attorney I prosecuted felony domestic violence and sex crime complaints and referred cases involving family offenses and juvenile delinquents to Family Court when appropriate. When I left the New York County District Attorney’s Office I was assigned homicide complaints and was the supervisor of felony and misdemeanor Assistant District Attorneys in my trial bureau as well as supervisor of the Early Complaint Assessment Bureau (ECAB) where complaints were drafted based on arrest reports filed by arresting police officers.
        At the request of Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman in 2005, the Judicial Screening Committee of the Rockland County Bar Association evaluated my qualifications for reappointment. On February 3, 2006, I was appointed by Justice Lippman to a second term as Support Magistrate.
         Until my appointment as a Support Magistrate I served the New Rochelle Democratic City Committee as an active District Leader in two council districts. Due to the Judicial Rules of Conduct I am prohibited, like elected and appointed judges, from participating in political activities unless I have declared, as here, my candidacy for an elected judicial position.
         Thank you for allowing me this time. I look forward to your support and your vote on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 for Westchester County Family Court Judge.