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Hon. Joseph J. Dawson

Supreme Court, Bronx County, Criminal Division
265 East 161st Street
Bronx, NY 10451
(718) 618-3000, Ext. 1031

Judicial Offices

Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Bronx County, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge, Jonathan Lippman, 2004 to Present

Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, Appointed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, 2009 to 2018

Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, Appointed by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, 1999 to 2008 

Other Professional Experience

New York County District Attorney, Assistant District Attorney, 1987 to 1999

New York Law School, Adjunct Professor of Law, 1997 to 1999

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Associate, 1984 to 1987

Hon. William J. Nealon, U.S. District Judge, Law Clerk, 1982 to 1984

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Summer Associate, 1981 to 1981

 

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NYS, Appellate Division, Second Department, 1983

United States District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, 1985

United States Claims Court, 1985

United States Tax Court, 1985

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1988 

Education

J.D., St. John's University School of Law, 1982

B.A., St. John's University, 1978

 

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