Miriam R. Best

Miriam R. Best is an acting justice of the Bronx County Supreme Court, Criminal Term in the 12th Judicial District of New York. She was appointed to this position in 2008. She has also served on the New York City Criminal Court since 2005, and was reappointed to that position by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2013.^[1]^[2]

Education

Best received her undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1977, and earned her J.D. degree from Yale Law School in 1981.^[1]

2008-2022: Acting justice, Bronx County Supreme Court
2005-Present: Judge, New York City Criminal Court
2003-2005: Judge, New York City Civil Court
2001-2003: New York County District Attorney's Office
1999-2001: Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor
1989-1999: U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, Criminal Division
1983-1989: Kings County District Attorney's Office
1981-1983: Private practice^[1]

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