My name is Janet Jordan and I am the Democratic Candidate for Westchester County Family Court. My candidacy for Westchester County Family Court Judge has received the endorsement of Federal, State, County and Local elected officials as well as the Democratic, Working Families and Independence Parties; Westchester-Putnam AFL-CIO Central Labor Body; Building and Construction Trades Council of Westchester and Putnam Counties; Westchester Hispanic Women Leaders; Black Democrats of Westchester and the support of Westchester Correction Guardians.
        I have been rated “well qualified” by the Westchester County Democratic Lawyers Group to serve as Westchester County Family Court Judge; as having “the character, temperament, professional aptitude and experience . . . for the judicial bench that she is seeking” by the Westchester County Bar Association; and “Qualified” by the Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commissions.
        To have the opportunity to serve the Family Court as an elected judge in Westchester, a community in which I have lived for 36 years, would be the fulfillment of a long held dream.
        I was born in the Caribbean on the island of Barbados and I came to the United States in 1971 when I was seven (7). I am now a Naturalized Citizen of the United States of America. Upon arriving in the United States, I resided in Scarsdale, New York until 1973 when my mother, sister and I moved to New Rochelle, New York. My mother, my sister and I still lives in New Rochelle. My sister resides with her husband, Andy, and my three wonderful nephews, Andrew, Aaron and Adrian.
        My fiancé, George, and I intend to live in New Rochelle after we are married (a date has not been set). George is the proud father of two beautiful young women. George is also the proud grandfather of an adorable granddaughter.
        Although my mother did not have the benefit of a high school education (I have Mom’s permission to say so), she stressed the importance of Andrea and I getting an education, even though it meant Mom had to work three jobs for us to achieve our goals. My mother calls my sister and me her greatest achievements. Andrea has a Master’s degree in Social Work, she works with juvenile delinquent boys and I am “her lawyer,” the Democratic Candidate for Westchester County Family Court Judge. I proudly graduated from Columbus Elementary School; Isaac E. Young Junior High School; New Rochelle High School; Utica College of Syracuse University and the City University of New York Law School at Queens College.
         I have been in public service the majority of my legal career and desire to serve Westchester County, where I have lived for 36 years, in the highest capacity possible by promoting confidence in an objective, compassionate and inclusive judiciary. My qualifications and experience are well suited for this position and are consistent with my goal of a career within the judiciary. I have had approximately 16 years of combined experience as a Support Magistrate in the Westchester County Family Court, as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office, and in private practice as a practicing attorney before local, county, Supreme and Family Courts in Westchester County and metropolitan New York.