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Leonard Livote
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2021 - Present
2034
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Leonard Livote is a judge of the New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District. He assumed office on January 1, 2021. His current term ends on December 31, 2034.
Livote (Democratic Party, Republican Party, Conservative Party) ran for re-election for judge of the New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Livote served as a judge of the Court of Claims of New York from 2010 to 2017. Gov. David Paterson appointed Livote in 2010.[1][2]
Education
Livote received his B.A. degree from the City University of New York - Queens College and his J.D. degree from the Western New England School of Law. He was admitted to the Bar in 1979.[1]
Career
Livote was the principal law clerk to Supreme Court justices from 1990 to 2004. He then served as legal counselor and advisor to the 11th Judicial District (Queens County) Administrative Judge. In 2007, he was appointed Court Attorney Referee for the Queens County Supreme Court. In 2010, he joined the Court of Claims and Supreme Court.[1][3]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2020)
General election
General election for New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District (9 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tracy Catapano-Fox (D / R / Conservative Party) | 11.8 | 582,484 | |
| ✔ | Evelyn L. Braun (D / R / Conservative Party) | 11.2 | 550,808 | |
| ✔ | Kevin J. Kerrigan (D / R / Conservative Party) | 10.8 | 533,309 | |
| ✔ | Leonard Livote (D / R / Conservative Party) | 10.6 | 523,891 | |
| ✔ | Michelle Johnson (D) | 9.0 | 442,269 | |
| ✔ |  | Karina Alomar (D) | 8.2 | 403,191 |
| ✔ | Darrell L. Gavrin (D) | 8.1 | 397,859 | |
| ✔ |  | Mojgan Lancman (D) | 8.0 | 392,623 |
| ✔ | Lance Evans (D) | 7.7 | 378,314 | |
 | Joseph Kasper (R / Conservative Party) | 3.2 | 158,806 | |
| John Spataro (R / Conservative Party) | 3.1 | 151,043 | ||
 | Bob Cohen (Working Families Party) | 1.7 | 81,521 | |
 | Justin Sweet (Working Families Party) | 1.6 | 76,460 | |
| Afua Atta-Mensah (Working Families Party) | 1.4 | 69,115 | ||
| Judith Goldiner (Working Families Party) | 1.3 | 65,833 | ||
| Joshua Goldfein (Working Families Party) | 1.3 | 65,031 | ||
| Kenneth Schaeffer (Working Families Party) | 1.0 | 49,866 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 10,138 | ||
| Total votes: 4,932,561 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 New York Court System, "Hon. Leonard Livote biography," accessed October 18, 2014
- ↑ New York Law Journal, "'Threshold Law': Is a Contemporaneous Exam by Court of Appeals in Order?" January 18, 2011
- ↑ New York State Senate, "Senate Confirms Nominees To Court Of Claims And Several Supreme Court Districts," November 29, 2010
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