Jenny Rivera appointed to New York's high court
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January 17, 2013
New York: On January 15, Gov. Andrew Cuomo nominated law professor Jenny Rivera to a vacancy on the New York Court of Appeals. If confirmed by the Senate, she will replace retired Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick for a term expiring at the end of 2030.[1]
Rivera is currently a law professor at the City University of New York School of Law. She holds a law degree from New York University School of Law and an LLM (Master of Laws) degree from Columbia University. She clerked for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who now serves on the U.S. Supreme Court, from 1993 to 1994, when Sotomayor served on the Southern District of New York. More recently, in 2007 and 2008, she was a special deputy attorney general for civil rights under then-Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. If confirmed, this will be her first judicial position.[1]
Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman praised Rivera, stating:
| “ | "Professor Rivera has a wonderful reputation for her legal and academic skills and her background is ideally suited to the court. She has spent her entire professional life in the pursuit of justice and I couldn’t be more pleased with the governor’s sound judgment in making such an outstanding choice for the court.”[2][3] | ” |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomson Reuters News & Insight, "Cuomo taps law professor Rivera for Court of Appeals seat," January 15, 2013
- ↑ JD Journal, "Jenny Rivera Nominated for Seat on New York State Court of Appeals," January 16, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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