Lucindo Suarez
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Lucindo Suarez
New York Supreme Court 12th Judicial District
Tenure
Present officeholder
Education
Lucindo Suarez is a justice of the Bronx County Supreme Court, Civil Term in the 12th Judicial District of New York. He was elected to the 1st District of the Supreme Court (New York County) in 1996 and was re-elected in 2009, this time to the 12th District (Bronx County). He has also served as the Statewide Coordinating Judge for Summary Jury Trials in New York since 2006.[1]
Education
Judge Suarez graduated from Fordham University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.[1]
Career
Suarez became a New York City Civil Court Judge in 1994 and then a New York County Supreme Court Justice in 1996. His term on the Supreme Court ended in 2009 and he ran for re-election. Since 2006, he has been the Statewide Coordinating Judge for Summary Jury Trials. He has also worked as a private practice lawyer, has taught at local colleges, and has served as counsel to New York Senate and Assembly committees.[1][2]
2009 election
Suarez was elected to the 12th Judicial District in 2009. Five candidates ran for three seats.[3]
| Candidate | Incumbent | Seat | Party | Election % |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lucindo Suarez  |
Yes | 12th District | Democratic | 16.4% | |
| Sharon A. M. Aarons |
No | 12th District | Democratic | 16.2% | |
| Kenneth Thompson, Jr. |
Yes | 12th District | Democratic, Conservative | 17.6% | |
| John H. Wilson | No | 12th District | Republican, Conservative | 3.6% | |
| Loraine Corsa | No | 12th District | Conservative | >1% |
