New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on 13 July 2020 the four appointments of four to fill vacancies in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, in the First Department of New York State. One of these is a Dominican migrant.
Governor Cuomo said: “I am proud to appoint four individuals whose exemplary service qualifies them to serve in the Appellate Division of New York’s Supreme Court and wish them well in their work for New Yorkers in Manhattan and the Bronx.”
Justice Manuel Jacobo Mendez Olivero was named to the Supreme Court. He has been a Justice of the Supreme Court, New York State, since his election in 2012 and has been since 2018 the coordinating judge of the New York City Asbestos Litigation (NYCAL).
Prior to his election, Justice Mendez was elected Judge of the Civil Court, New York County in 2003, and had served as a Judge in the Civil Court from 2004 to January 2010. He presided by Designation in Bronx Criminal Court from 2008 to January 2010, and as an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, Bronx County from January 2010 to January 2011, and then New York County until his election to Supreme Court in 2012.
Before his election to the Civil Court, Justice Mendez was engaged in the private practice of law as a solo practitioner (Law Office of Manuel J. Mendez, P.C.), from 1999 through 2003, and as a partner in the firm of Kwasink & Mendez, P.C. from 1993 through 1998.
He worked as a Senior Staff Attorney at the Legal Aid Society Criminal Defense Division in the Bronx from September 1990 to October 1993. Justice Mendez earned a J.D. from the Universidad Central Del Este School of Llaw in the Dominican Republic.
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Listin Diario
15 July 2020