Martin E. Ritholtz
Martin E. Ritholtz was a justice of the Queens County Supreme Court, Civil Term in the 11th Judicial District of New York. He was elected to this position in 2002.[1][2] He was re-elected in 2015.[3][4]
Education
Ritholtz received his B.A. degree from Columbia College in 1968 and his LL.B. degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Law in 1974.[1]
Career
Ritholtz began his career in 1972 as a clerk of the Justice Ministry of Jerusalem, Israel. In 1974, he moved to Tel Aviv to work as a clerk for S. Horowitz and Company. From 1975 to 1978, he was a clerk of Ritholtz and Ritholtz, Esqs. He then became a law assistant to Civil Court Judge Herbert Posner in Queens County, N.Y. In 1981, he became a principal law clerk of the Queens County Supreme Court, serving Justice Martin Rodell (1981-1982), Justice Eugene Bambrick (1983-1989), Justice Angelo Graci (1990-1993) and Justice Luther Dye (1994-1995). He also served as an adjunct professor for the Touro College School of Law from 1984 to 1988.
Ritholtz began his judicial career in 1996 when he was elected to the New York City Civil Court of Queens County. He served in this position through 2001 and was an acting justice of the supreme court in 2000 and 2001. In 2002, he was elected to the Queens County Supreme Court.[1]
Elections
2015
- See also: New York judicial elections, 2015
New York's judicial elections included a primary on September 10, 2015, and a general on November 3, 2015. The filing deadline for primary candidates was August 16, 2015.
The candidates ran for three open seats.
| Supreme Court 11th Judicial District, 3 open seats, General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic, Republican, Conservative |  Martin E. Ritholtz Incumbent |
35.0% | 39,608 | |
| Democratic, Conservative | Peter J. O'Donoghue Incumbent |
28.9% | 32,737 | |
| Democratic | Duane Hart Incumbent |
27.1% | 30,621 | |
| Republican | Anthony Caronna | 8.4% | 9,489 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.58% | 653 | ||
| Total Votes (98.44% of precincts reporting) | 113,108 | |||
| Source: New York City Board of Elections, "Unofficial Election Night Results: Justice of the Supreme Court 11th Judicial District," November 4, 2015 | ||||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 New York Courts, "Official biography of the Hon. Martin E. Ritholtz," accessed October 8, 2015
- ↑ New York Courts, "Queens Supreme Court, Civil Term directory," accessed October 8, 2015
- ↑ New York City Board of Elections, "General Election 2015 Contest List," October 5, 2015
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Unofficial Election Night Results," November 4, 2015
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