Mark I. Partnow

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Mark I. Partnow
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Prior offices:
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District
Year left office: 2023

Elections and appointments
Last election
November 8, 2016
Education
Bachelor's
Brooklyn College
Law
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Mark I. Partnow (Democratic Party) was a judge of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District. He left office in 2023.

Partnow (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District. He won in the general election on November 8, 2016.

Biography

Education

Partnow received his B.A. from Brooklyn College in 1975 and his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1979.[1]

Career

Partnow began his career in 1979 as a principal law clerk. In this capacity, he worked for an acting supreme court justice and a supreme court justice through 2002.[1]

Elections

2016

See also: New York local trial court judicial elections, 2016

New York held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on September 13, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wish to run in this election was July 14, 2016.[2] The following candidates ran in the general election for six open seats on the New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District.[3]

New York 2nd District Supreme Court, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic, Conservative Green check mark transparent.png Katherine A. Levine 17.58% 504,051
     Democratic, Conservative Green check mark transparent.png Mark I. Partnow Incumbent 17.52% 502,269
     Democratic, Conservative Green check mark transparent.png ShawnDya L. Simpson 16.14% 462,791
     Democratic, Conservative Green check mark transparent.png Reginald A. Boddie 16.06% 460,371
     Democratic, Conservative Green check mark transparent.png Leon Ruchelsman Incumbent 16.03% 459,596
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Peter P. Sweeney 14.45% 414,219
     Conservative Philip J. Smallman 1.99% 57,028
Write-in votes 0.22% 6,208
Total Votes 2,866,533
Source: New York State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election Unofficial Results," accessed November 9, 2016

Judicial selection method

Supreme courts

See also: Partisan election of judges

The 324 justices of the New York Supreme Court are elected to 14-year terms in partisan elections. To appear on the ballot, candidates must be chosen at partisan nominating conventions. Sitting judges wishing to serve an additional term must run for re-election.[4]

The chief judge of the court of appeals appoints two chief administrative judges of the supreme court, one to supervise trial courts within New York City and one to supervise trial courts outside of the city.[4]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must:[4]

  • be a state resident;
  • have had at least 10 years of in-state law practice;
  • be at least 18 years old; and
  • be under the age of 70 (retirement at 70 is mandatory).

See also

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