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Tanya Kennedy
Tanya Kennedy is a judge for the 1st Department of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division. She assumed office in 2020. Her current term ends on December 31, 2025.
Kennedy (Democratic Party) is also a judge of the New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District. Her current term ends on January 1, 2030.
Kennedy was also previously a judge on the New York City Civil Court from 2006 to 2015.[1][2]
Education
Kennedy received her B.A. from Pennsylvania State University in 1989 and her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1992.[2]
Career
Kennedy began her career in 1992, working in the Office of the Corporation Counsel for the New York City Law Department. She served there as assistant corporation counsel from 1992 to 1999 and was the deputy assistant chief from 1997 to 1999. She then became a principal law clerk for state Supreme Court Justice Barry Cozier. She remained Justice Cozier's principal law clerk when he was promoted to the Appellate Division in 2001. She was then elected to the civil court, where she took office in 2006.[2]
Elections
2015
See also: New York judicial elections, 2015
Kennedy was elected without opposition to the Supreme Court 1st Judicial District in 2015. New York's general judicial election was held on November 3, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates was August 16, 2015.
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Federal courts:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York
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
