Francesca Connolly
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Francesca Connolly
New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department
Tenure
2016 - Present
Term ends
2023
Years in position
9
Prior offices
New York Supreme Court 9th Judicial District
Compensation
Elections and appointments
Education
Contact
Francesca Connolly is a judge for the 2nd Department of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division. She assumed office in 2016. Her term ended on December 31, 2023.
Education
Connolly received her B.A. degree from the State University of New York at Albany in 1979 and her J.D. degree from the Pace University School of Law in 1982.[1]
Career
- 2016-present Justice, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
- 2009-present: Justice, Westchester County Supreme Court
- 2009: Partner, Malapero & Prisco
- 2009: Acting judge, Mount Vernon City Court
- 2008: Acting judge, Ossining Village Court
- 2006-2009: Judge, Ossining Town Court
- 2003-2009: Attorney, Malapero & Prisco, LLP
- 1989-2003: Attorney, Gallina & Connolly
- 1985-1989: Attorney, MacCartney, MacCartney, Kerrigan & MacCartney
- 1984-1985: Assistant general counsel, New York City Department of Probation
- 1983-1984: Law assistant to the Deputy Administrative Judge of the Queens County Family Court
- 1981-1983: Assistant general counsel, New York City Department of Probation [2][3][1]
Elections
2009
Connolly was elected to the Westchester County Supreme Court on November 3, 2009. In September 2009, she was nominated at the 9th Judicial District's Democratic convention to run for a full term. Eleven candidates competed for four seats in the November election.[2][4]
| Candidate | Incumbent | Seat | Party | Election % |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Francesca Connolly  |
Yes | 9th District | Democratic, Working Families | 9.7% | |
| Jeffrey Cohen |
No | 9th District | Democratic, Independence, Conservative, Working Families | 11.1% | |
| Orazio Bellantoni |
Yes | 9th District | Republican, Independence, Conservative, Right to Life | 10.8% | |
| Charles Wood |
No | 9th District | Republican, Independence, Conservative | 9.9% | |
| David L. Steinberg | No | 9th District | Democratic, Working Families | 8% | |
| James W. Hubert, Jr. | Yes | 9th District | Democratic, Independence, Working Families | 9.1% | |
| Charles E. Stewart | No | 9th District | Republican, Conservative | 9% | |
| William L. Maher | No | 9th District | Republican | 7% | |
| James Alexander Burke | No | 9th District | Right to Life | >1% | |
| Mary N. Clark | No | 9th District | Right to Life | >1% | |
| Stasia T. Vogel | No | 9th District | Right to Life | >1% |
See also
- Supreme Court of the State of New York
- Courts in New York
- Westchester County, New York
- Judicial selection in New York
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Town of Ossining, "Town Justice Francesca E. Connolly Named New York State Supreme Court Justice," June 22, 2009
- ↑ Elect Judge Connolly, "Judge Connolly's Distinguished Legal Career," accessed February 11, 2015
- ↑ Poughkeepsie Journal, "2 Dutchess lawyers to run for state Supreme Court," September 28, 2009
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