John B. Latella Jr.

Professional career

• Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Queens County, New York, NY, 2013-present
• Current: Acting Justice, Queens County Supreme Court, Department Part K‐9, Room 516, appointed in 2013 by former New York State Chief Administrative Judge A. Gail Prudenti
• Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2016-2025
• Previous: Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, appointed in 1987 by Mayor Ed Koch, and reappointed by Mayor Rudy Giuliani (1996), Mayor Michael Bloomberg (2006), and Mayor Bill de Blasio (2016)
• Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2006-2015
• Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1996-2005
• Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1987-1995
• Over 38 years of judicial service in New York’s criminal justice system
• Also held clerkships with a Federal Court of Appeals judge and a Federal District Court judge
• Acting Justice of the Queens County Supreme Court, Criminal Term in New York’s 11th Judicial District, and a long‐time judge in the Criminal Court of the City of New York

Education

• Princeton University — B.A.
• Yale School of Law — J.D.

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