Janet DiFiore
| Janet DiFiore | |
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| Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | |
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Assumed office February 8, 2016 |
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| Appointed by | Andrew Cuomo |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Lippman |
| District Attorney of Westchester County | |
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In office January 1, 2006 – January 26, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Jeanine Pirro |
| Succeeded by | James A. McCarty (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 9, 1955 Mount Vernon, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
C.W. Post College St. John's University School of Law |
Janet Marie DiFiore (born August 9, 1955) is an American judge who since 2016 has been the Chief Judge of the State of New York. A New York native, DiFiore graduated from Long Island University and St. John's University School of Law. As a practicing attorney, DiFiore worked in a law firm and in the Westchester District Attorney's Office. DiFiore then was elected a judge of the Westchester County Court, and was subsequently named a justice on the New York Supreme Court (the state trial court in New York), serving in that post from 2003 to 2005. DiFiore left the bench to become district attorney of Westchester County, New York in 2006; she stayed in that position nearly a decade, until Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed her to the New York Court of Appeals.
Janet Marie DiFiore was born on August 9, 1955, in Mount Vernon, New York, the only child of Italian immigrants. Raised in Mount Vernon, New York, DiFiore has never lived outside the county. She graduated from Mount Vernon High School.
DiFiore graduated from C.W. Post College at Long Island University and St. John's University School of Law.
While a law student, DiFiore interned for Westchester District Attorney Carl A. Vergari. After graduating from law school in 1981, DiFiore became an assistant district attorney in the Westchester District Attorney's Office.
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