Richard Hoffmann

Richard Hoffman

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Republican Party

Education

Bachelor's

State University of New York, Binghamton

Law

California Western School of Law

Richard Hoffmann was a candidate for the 10th Judicial District Supreme Court in New York. Hoffmann was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017.

Hoffmann was a judge for the Suffolk County Family Court in New York. He served in this position since 2007, following his election. His term ended in 2016.

Biography

Hoffmann attended the University of Chicago for his bachelor's degree and Columbia University for his J.D. Hoffmann worked in the Islip Town Attorney's Office from 1986 to 2006 and as a self-employed private practice lawyer (the Law Office of Richard Hoffmann) from 1997 to 2006.

Elections

2017

See also: New York local trial court judicial elections, 2017

New York held general elections for local judicial offices on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on September 12, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 13, 2017.

The following candidates ran in the 10th District Supreme Court general election.

10th District Supreme Court, General Election (4 open seats), 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic/Republican	Arthur M. Diamond Incumbent	20.60%	421,992
	Democratic/Republican	Thomas Feinman Incumbent	20.57%	421,295
	Democratic/Republican/Independence	Linda Kevins	15.37%	314,893
	Democratic/Republican/Independence/Working Families	William B. Rebolini Incumbent	14.70%	300,991
	Republican	Richard Hoffmann	10.89%	223,086
	Republican	Robert Lifson	10.18%	208,593
	Conservative	Daniel McLane	2.80%	57,246
	Conservative	Thomas Rademaker	2.53%	51,804
	Independence	Philip Boyle	1.33%	27,178
	Independence	Stuart Besen	0.99%	20,286
		Write-in votes	0.04%	761
Total Votes				2,048,125
Source: New York City Board of Elections, "Official Election Night Results," accessed December 18, 2017

Selection method

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.

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.

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must:

• 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

Local courts	New York	Other local coverage
Local trial court judicial elections, 2017 Courts and judges by county Judicial selection by state Judicial elections	New York elections, 2017 Judicial selection in New York Public policy in New York Endorsers in New York	Municipal elections, 2017 School board elections, 2017 Local ballot measure elections, 2017 Recall elections, 2017

External links

• New York State Unified Court System

Footnotes

New York courts

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State courts:

New York Court of Appeals • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division • New York Supreme Court • New York County Courts • New York City Courts • New York Town and Village Courts • New York Family Courts • New York Surrogates' Courts • New York City Civil Court • New York City Criminal Courts • New York Court of Claims • New York Problem Solving Courts

State resources:

Courts in New York • New York judicial elections • Judicial selection in New York