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Judge Profile

Rosalyn H. Richter

Judicial Experience:

  • Associate Justice, Appellate Division, First Department (March 2009)
  • Acting Supreme Court Justice, Felony criminal matters in New York County, 2000 to 2002
  • Supervising Judge, Bronx Criminal Court, 1998 to 2000
  • New York City Criminal Court, 1990 to 1996
  • Administrative Law Judge, New York City Office of Administrative Trials & Hearings, 1987 to 1990
  • Justice, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, Elected (November 2002.)
  • Acting Supreme Court Justice, Bronx County Criminal Term (1997)
  • Judge, Midtown Community Court (1996)

Other Professional Experience:

  • Office of the Kings County District Attorney, Supervisor Appeals Bureau, 1983 to 1987
  • Executive Director & special project attorney, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, 1980 to 1983
  • Associate, Law Office of Carol Lefcourt, 1979

Education:

  • J.D., Brooklyn School of Law, 1979
  • B.A., Barnard College, 1976

Admission to the Bar:

  • 1980

Publications/Lectures:

  • Domestic Violence & the Law, LexisNexis, 2007

Professional Civic Activities/Honors/Awards:

  • Co-Chair, OCA Advisory Committee on the Americans with Disabilities Act, 1997 - 2009
  • New York City Bar Association,Executive Committee, 2006 - Present
  • New York Law School, Adjunct Professor, 2000 - Present
  • Former Adjunct Professor, Brooklyn Law School