Biography
Kristen Anne Conklin, Esq., joined the New York State Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children as its Executive Director in August, 2018. The Commission was established in 1988 to improve the lives and life chances of children involved with New York courts. The Commission is chaired by former Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division Third Department Karen K. Peters, and its members include judges, lawyers, advocates, physicians, legislators, and state and local officials.
Prior to joining the Commission, Ms. Conklin served as Investigative Counsel in the New York State Offices of the Inspector General, conducting investigations into fraud, waste and abuse in State government. Ms. Conklin has also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the New York State Office of the Attorney General, investigating and prosecuting fraud, waste, and abuse by providers in the New York State Medicaid program.
As a Senior Assistant District Attorney in the Office of the Rockland County District Attorney, Ms. Conklin worked in the Special Investigations Unit, and led the County-wide Community Prosecution Initiative, serving as the primary liaison to law enforcement, directing weekly CompStat sessions with local police departments, and implemented two youth-oriented programs, the High School Diversion and Intervention Program and the Youth and Police Initiative.
Prior to joining the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office, Ms. Conklin served as an Assistant County Attorney for Westchester County, where she represented the Department of Social Services in the prosecution of child abuse and neglect cases in Family Court.
Ms. Conklin received her undergraduate degree from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and obtained her Juris Doctor from Pace University School of Law. She is admitted to the practice of law in both New York and Connecticut.