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Richard Ambro

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New York Supreme Court 10th Judicial District
Tenure
Present officeholder

Education

Bachelor's

State University of New York, Oneonta

Law

Widener University


Richard Ambro is a judge for the Supreme Court 10th Judicial District in New York. He was elected to the court in 2012.

Education

Ambro attended State University of New York at Oneonta for his Bachelor of Arts in 1981 and Widener University for his J.D. in 1984.[1][2]

Career

From 1985 to 1988, Ambro was a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County. Later in 1988 he practiced as an attorney in the Felony Trial Bureau at the Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County. He practiced there until 2001 and in 2002 he began serving as Principal Law Clerk to the Honorable C. Randall Hinrichs, Judge of the Suffolk County Court and Acting Justice of the Supreme Court in Suffolk County located within the Tenth Judicial District. [2]

Judicial career

Ambro was nominated to serve as a Judge in Suffolk County on March 24, 2010 in order to fill the vacancy created by the elevation of Judge James Hudson who was elected to the Supreme Court in 2009. Ambro lost a bid for re-election to the court on November 2, 2010. In 2012, he was elected to the Supreme Court 10th Judicial District. [2][3][4]

2012 election

Ambro was elected to the 10th District Supreme Court in 2012. He was one of twelve candidates running for six seats in the general election on November 6, 2012. He was elected as a Democrat with 8.16% of the vote.[5][6]

See also: New York judicial elections, 2012

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