Nelson S. Roman

Nelson S. Román
Associate Justice of the First Judicial Department
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Appointed by	David Patterson
Justice on the New York Supreme Court
In office 2003–2009
Judge on the New York City Civil Court
In office 1998–2003
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Alma mater	Fordham University Brooklyn Law School

Nelson S. Román is an Associate Justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department. ^{[1] [2]}

Early life and education

He was raised in the Bronx and educated in the New York City public schools system. He graduated from Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx. He is a graduate of Fordham University and a 1989 graduate of Brooklyn Law School.

He worked for the New York City Police Department, where he served in the Bronx community for almost eight years.

Legal career

Prior to joining the bench, he was an Assistant District Attorney at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office for five years. He then worked as a Law Clerk to a Judge on the New York City Civil Court .

In 1998, he was appointed by then Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman to the Housing part of the New York City Civil Court. In 2001, Román was elected to the New York City Civil Court.

He was a New York Supreme Court Justice, from 2003 to 2009. He was designated a Justice for the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department in 2009 by Governor David Patterson.

He served as President of the Puerto Rican Bar Association from 1997-1998

References

1. ^ Official Biography
2. ^ Puerto Rican Bar Association

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