Hon. Elma Ann Bellini
Candidate for the
Supreme Court
Seventh Judicial District
(Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, and Yates)

• I have been a Monroe Court Judge since June 2000. I spent 2002 in Family Court presiding over the Juvenile Delinquent/PINS court before returning to County Court in 2003. In January 2004 I was appointed Acting Supreme Court Justice and I have presided over the Integrated Domestic Violence (IDV) Court since that time. IDV Court takes misdemeanor and felony level criminal cases as well as matrimonial and family court cases. I have heard thousands of cases involving family violence and my IDV Court was chosen for a statewide study regarding the effects of strict judicial monitoring on recidivism. I am married with two daughters aged 12 and 7, whom my husband and I adopted from China in 1996 and 2002. My community involvement includes former Counselor and Board Member of Camp Good Days and Special Times, former Board Member of Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Families with Children from China, Italian American Law Enforcement Association, Rochester Women’s Network, Gates-Greece Kiwanis, Italian American Women’s Civic Club, Italian American Community Center, Monroe County Bar Association and Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys. Please see my website for endorsements.

• Conservative
• Independence
• Republican

• Syracuse College of Law, Juris Doctor, 1986
• SUNY Brockport, Bachelor of Science, 1976
• Monroe Community College, Associates , 1974

• New York 1987

• Acting Sup. Ct. Justice; County Court Judge

• Acting Supreme Court Justice NYS 7th Judicial District 2004 - present
• County Court Judge Monore County 2000 - present
• Principal Law Clerk; Special Matrimonial Referee Monore County Supreme Court; NYS 7th Judicial District 1999 - 2000
• Assistant Public Defender Monroe County Public Defender's Office 1989 - 1999