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Meryl J. Berkowitz

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Meryl J. Berkowitz

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Nassau County Court
Tenure
Present officeholder

Education

Bachelor's

Mount Holyoke College

Law

Benjamin Cardozo Law School

Meryl J. Berkowitz is a judge for the Nassau County Court in New York. She has served in this position since 2000, following her election. She was re-elected in 2009. She has also served as an acting justice of the Supreme Court and the Integrated Domestic Violence Court since 2005.[1]

Education

Berkowitz received her undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke College in 1977 and her J.D. degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University in 1981.[1][2]

Career

Berkowitz worked for the Legal Aid Society from 1981 to 1996. She also worked as a private practice lawyer prior to joining the County Court in 2000. In 2005, she was also appointed an acting justice of the Supreme Court, Integrated Domestic Violence Court.[1]

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Meryl J. Berkowitz biography from the NY State Unified Court System Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content
  2. Judge Profile: Meryl J. Berkowitz