Edwina G. Richardson-Mendelson
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Edwina G. Richardson-Mendelson is an administrative judge for the New York County Family Court in New York. She has served on the family court bench since January 24, 2003, and was reappointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio on April 27, 2015, for a term that expires in 2025.[1][2]
Education
Richardson received her J.D. degree from City University of New York at Queens School of Law in 1988. She went on to receive her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the City University of New York Graduate Center in 2000 and 2002, respectively.[1]
Career
Richardson began her career working as an attorney with the Legal Aid Society-Bronx County Civil Division from 1988 to 1989. From 1990 to 1991, she then worked as the first staff attorney for the Sanctuary for Families Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services from 1990 to 1991. She has also worked for ten years as an assigned counsel panel 18-b attorney working with the family court and in supreme court matrimonial matters. Prior to her judicial appointment, she worked as a court attorney-referee in the Queens County Family Court. She joined the family court in 2003. In 2008 and 2009, she served as supervising judge of the Queens County Family Court. She was then appointed administrative judge of the New York County Family Court.[1][2]
Awards and associations
- 2015: Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare, New York State Bar Association's Committee on Children and the Law[3]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 New York State Unified Court System, "Edwina G. Richardson-Mendelson," accessed May 4, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 New York Administrative Directory, "Judge Edwina G. Richardson-Mendelson," accessed May 4, 2015
- ↑ ReadMeda, "New York State Bar Association honors judge and attorney with Howard A. Levine Award," May 8, 2015
Federal courts:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York
State courts:
New York Court of Appeals • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division • New York Supreme Court • New York County Courts • New York City Courts • New York Town and Village Courts • New York Family Courts • New York Surrogates' Courts • New York City Civil Court • New York City Criminal Courts • New York Court of Claims • New York Problem Solving Courts
State resources:
Courts in New York • New York judicial elections • Judicial selection in New York
