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Keynote Speaker
Westchester Arc's
Employer Recognition Breakfast
April 18, 2008
Janet DiFiore
Westchester County District Attorney
District Attorney, Janet DiFiore has dedicated her career to public service as Judge and prosecutor in Westchester County and as an Assistant District Attorney. For the last four and a half years of her service as a prosecutor, DA DiFiore served as Chief of Narcotics for the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office. She also served in the Rackets, Homicide and Special Investigations Bureaus. Elected as a Judge of the Westchester County Court in 1998 and as a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court in 2002, DA DiFiore has presided over hundreds of cases in the County, Family, and the New York State Supreme Courts.
In 2003, DA DiFiore was appointed to serve as the Supervising Judge for the Criminal Courts in the 9th Judicial District. Her responsibilities included oversight of court operations for the criminal courts of Westchester, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland and
Putnam counties.
DA DiFiore is a lifelong resident of Westchester County. She has served on the boards and in leadership positions of numerous professional, civic and local school organizations, including the Columbian Lawyers Association of Westchester County, Westchester Italian Cultural Center and the Westchester Women’s Bar Association. DA DiFiore has lectured, both in New York and abroad, to judges and lawyers on domestic violence, the effects of domestic violence on children, ethics, problem solving courts and case management techniques.
DA DiFiore was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Westchester Children’s Museum and The Pace University School of Law Board of Visitors.