Monica Drinane

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Monica Drinane

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Prior offices

Bronx County Family Court

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Education

Bachelor's

St. John's University

Graduate

Fordham University

Law

New York University School of Law

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Monica Drinane is a former supervising judge of the Bronx County Family Court in New York. She was appointed to this position in August of 2009. She joined the Bronx Family Court in 2004, when she was appointed an interim judge. She was appointed in 2008 to a full term. Drinane retired in 2014.

Education

Drinane received her undergraduate degree from St. John's University, her master's degree from Fordham University and her J.D. from the New York University School of Law.

Career

Prior to becoming a judge, Drinane worked from 1998 to 2004 for the Legal Aid Society. There she became attorney-in-charge of the Juvenile Rights Division. She was appointed an interim judge of the New York City Civil Court in 2004 and was appointed an interim judge of the Bronx County Family Court in 2005. She served briefly as a judge of the Civil Court in 2007 before being appointed to a full term on the family court. She was appointed supervising judge of the family court in 2009.

See also

• Courts in New York
• New York Family Courts

External links

• New York State Unified Court System

Footnotes

New York courts

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Federal courts:

Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York

State courts:

New York Court of Appeals • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division • New York Supreme Court • New York County Courts • New York City Courts • New York Town and Village Courts • New York Family Courts • New York Surrogates' Courts • New York City Civil Court • New York City Criminal Courts • New York Court of Claims • New York Problem Solving Courts

State resources:

Courts in New York • New York judicial elections • Judicial selection in New York