Patricia DiMango

Patricia Mafalda DiMango (born 1953) is a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Kings County, New York.

Education

DiMango, a Brooklyn native, earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Brooklyn College at the City University of New York, as well as a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University Teachers College. She received a Juris Doctor degree from the St. John's University School of Law.[1]

Career

DiMango was a former college professor and NYC Public School Teacher. [2] DiMango was appointed as a Judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in 1995.[3] She was appointed Acting Justice of the State Supreme Court, 2nd Judicial District in 1998.[1]

She was elected as a justice of the Supreme Court of Kings County in 2002.[1]

DiMango is one of the three judges on the panel court show Hot Bench, created by Judge Judy Sheindlin, which debuted in September 2014.[4]

She is mentioned in a New Yorker article regarding Kalief Browder, a 16-year-old who spent over three years in Rikers Island awaiting trial. According to the article, DiMango was the presiding judge who released Browder on his 31st court appearance.[5] She has also been involved with numerous other high-profile cases, including murders and other crimes committed against children, and hate crimes. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "JUDGES OF THE TRIAL COURTS". NYCOURTS.GOV Judicial Directory. New York State Unified Court System. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.hotbench.tv/judges , Retrieved 12, OCT. 2016, 21:57 CST
  3. ↑ Robbins, Liz (25 November 2011). "In Judge's Brooklyn Courtroom, Made-for-TV Drama Without the Cameras". New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Judge Judy-Created 'Hot Bench' to Premiere in the Fall". TheWrap. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ Gonnerman, Jennifer (6 October 2014). "Before the Law". The New Yorker. New York City. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.hotbench.tv/judges/patricia-dimango Ret. 12, OCT. 2016 22:00 CST
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