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In 1998, DiFiore was elected a judge of the Westchester County Court. [3] [5] She served in that position from 1999 to 2002. [6] From 2003 to 2005, DiFiore was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (the state trial court in New York). [5] [6] In November 2005, DiFiore was elected Westchester County district attorney, succeeding Pirro. [5]
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York is the intermediate appellate court in New York State. [2] The state is geographically divided into four judicial departments of the Appellate Division. [3] The full title of each is, using the "Fourth Department" as an example, the "Supreme Court of the State of New York ...
A similar practice is done in the 9th Judicial District (which covers the New York suburban counties of Orange, Dutchess, Westchester, Rockland and Putnam), in which County and Family Court judges have been designated as acting Supreme Court justices, serving part-time on that court. [47]
William O. Wagstaff III, a candidate for Westchester County district attorney, stands by the statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King by the Richard Daronco Westchester County Courthouse on April 23 ...
The court currently has 22 judicial seats. [1] As of 2021, the Second Department is the busiest appellate court in the United States and decides 65% of all cases in the Appellate Division. [2] The court issued more than 3,500 rulings in 2017. [3] In 1966, its caseload surpassed that of the First Department, based in Manhattan. [1]
Harold A. Stevens (1938): [61] [31] First African American male to serve as a Supreme Court Justice, First Judicial District (New York and Bronx Counties, 1955) Edwin Torres: [ 81 ] [ 82 ] First Puerto Rican male to serve as the Assistant District Attorney in New York County (1958)
Richard Joseph Daronco (August 1, 1931 – May 21, 1988) was an American lawyer and judge. Born in New York City, he studied at Providence College and Albany Law School before serving for several years in the United States Army. Daronco was first elected a judge of the Westchester County Family Court in 1971. Three years later, he was elected ...
v. t. e. The Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, or simply the First Department, is one of the four geographical components of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, the intermediate appellate court of the State of New York. Its courthouse is located in Manhattan, New York City.