Raja Rajeswari
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Raja Rajeswari is a judge on the New York City Criminal Court of New York County, New York. She was appointed to the court by Mayor Bill de Blasio in April 2015 and was sworn into office on April 27, 2015.[1][2]
Education
Rajeswari received her undergraduate degree from the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York and her J.D. from the Brooklyn Law School.[3]
Career
Prior to her appointment to the New York City Criminal Court, Rajeswari served as the deputy chief of the Special Victims Unit for the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office. In total, she served as a prosecuting attorney for the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office for 16 years.[1][4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Hindu.com, "Chennai-born Raja Rajeswari is New York’s first Indian-American woman judge," April 28, 2015
- ↑ Judicial selection in New York
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Raja Rajeswari - Lawyer Profile," accessed April 29, 2015
- ↑ NYC.gov, "Mayor de Blasio Swears in 28 Judges Recently Appointed to Family Court, Criminal Court, and Civil Court," April 27, 2015
