Honorable Deborah A. Kaplan

Current Appointment:
New York County Civil Supreme Court, Matrimonial Department
Part 20
2007 – Present

Education:
State University of New York at Albany, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts, 1982
St. John’s University School of Law, 1985

Bar Admissions:
New York State, Appellate Division, First Department, 1986
Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1996

Career Experience:
– Senior Trial Counsel for the Legal Aid Society Criminal Defense Division, 1986 – 1997
– Principal Court Attorney for Justice Bing Newton, 1997 – 2000
– Administrative Judge for the State of New York Director, Office of Court Treatment Programs, 2000 – 2001
– Chief Management analyst & Project Counsel for Hon. Traficanti, Jr., 2001 – 2002
– Elected as a Judge for the New York County Civil Court, Criminal Court, 2002 – 2011
– Appointed as an Acting Justice for the New York County Civil Supreme Court, 2007 – Present