Biography

Professional Experience

  • Associate Justice, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department – February 2016 to December 2020, and October 2021 – Present
  • Justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York
  • New York County, April 2009 to February 2016, and June 2021 to October 2021
  • Bronx County, October 2006 to April 2009
  • Judge, Criminal Court, City of New York – January to October 2006
  • Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York
  • Brooklyn Civil Court, 2004
  • Manhattan Civil Court 2005
  • Partner, Gulielmetti & Gesmer, P.C., New York, NY – 1987 to 2003
  • Associate Attorney, Teitelbaum & Hiller, P.C., New York, NY – 1985 to 1987
  • Clinical Assistant Professor-Child Advocacy Law Clinic, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan – 1983 to 1984
  • Staff Attorney, Supervising Attorney, Acting Director of Litigation
  • Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services Corporation, Brooklyn, NY – 1977 to 1983
  • Law Clerk, United States District Court (D. Mass.), Boston, Massachusetts –Honorable Joseph L. Tauro, 1976 to 1977

Education

Yale Law School, J.D. 1976

Radcliffe College, B.A., summa cum laude 1972

Professional Activities

  • Matrimonial Practice Advisory and Rules Committee – Member (2009 to present)
  • National Association of Women Judges - International Committee (2004 to present)
  • New York State Bar Association
    • Family Law Section, Executive Committee and Co-Chair of the Surrogacy Subcommittee (2021 – Present)
  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York
    • Committee on Matrimonial Law (2007 to 2011)
    • Committee on African Affairs (2004 to 2007)
    • Committee on Professional Discipline (2001 to 2004)
    • Committee on Professional Responsibility (1998 to 2001)
    • Committee on Rights of Crime Victims (1990 to 1993)
  • Women’s Bar Association
    • State Wide Committee on Domestic Violence (2002 to 2005)
    • Matrimonial and Family Law Committee (1997 to present)
    • Judiciary Committee (1998 to 1999)
  • Sanctuary for Families, Legal Advisory Committee (1999 to 2003) – Chair, Matrimonial Subcommittee (2002 to 2003)

Community Activities

  • Dancing in the Streets – Secretary, Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors (2004 to present)
  • Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert – Board of Directors (2009 to present)