Anita R. Florio

Associate Justice

851 Grand Concourse

Bronx, NY 10451

(718) 590-3660  (t)

Personal — Anita R. Florio was born in 1936.  She began service for the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department in 1994.  Justice Florio is a Democrat. 

Judicial Positions — Prior to serving on the Appellate Division, the Honorable Anita R. Florio sat as a Justice for the Bronx County New York Supreme Court from 1984 to 1993.  She was Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, Bronx County from 1981 to 1984.  From 1977 to 1981 Anita R. Florio was Judge for the Criminal Court of the City of New York.

Government — Justice Florio was Deputy Secretary of State and Counsel for the State of New York from 1975 to 1977.  She was an Administrative Attorney for the Office of Legal Procedures of the Parking Violations Bureau from 1970 to 1972.  From 1969 to 1970 she was an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx County. 

Clerkships — Anita Florio was Law Clerk to the Honorable Joseph P. Sullivan of the New York Supreme Court in Bronx County from 1973 to 1974. 

Legal Practice -  Anita R. Florio was in private practice from 1968 to 1969.  She worked for the Office of Otto E. Fusco from 1964 to 1966.  From 1963 to 1964 she was Law Clerk to Vincent A. Giaquinto. 

Education — Justice Florio obtained an LLM from the New York University School of Law in June 1966 and her law degree from Fordham University School of Law.  She graduated Manhattanville College with a BA in June 1958. 

Memberships — Justice Florio is a member of the:  American Bar Association; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Board of Justices of the Supreme Court-Twelfth Judicial District; Bronx County Bar Association; Bronx Women's Bar Association; Brooklyn Bar Association; Colombian Lawyer's Association of Westchester County; Metropolitan Women's Bar Association; National Association of Women's Judges; New York State Bar Association; The Supreme Court Justices' Association of New York City; Women's Bar Association of the State of New York.      

Staff — Kenneth Gelnick, who received his JD from New York Law School, is the Law Clerk to Justice Florio.  Kenneth Gelnick's telephone number is (718) 590-3660.

Links of Interest — “Bronx Contests” - http://www.citizensunion.org/VD/VD1997GenElection/bronxcon.htm

“Service on Mexican Co. Approved” - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/7827/Service_on_Mexican_Co.htm