Stephen A. Bucaria

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Stephen A. Bucaria

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New York Supreme Court 10th Judicial District

Tenure

Present officeholder

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Education

Bachelor's

Fairfield University

Graduate

State University of New York, Albany

Law

Hofstra University School of Law

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Stephen A. Bucaria is a justice of the Nassau County Supreme Court in the 10th Judicial District of New York. He was elected to this position in 1996 and was re-elected in 2010 to a term ending in 2023.

Education

Judge Bucaria received a B.A. degree from Fairfield University in 1970, an M.A. degree from S.U.N.Y. at Albany in 1971, and a J.D. degree from Hofstra University School of Law in 1976.

Career

Prior to receiving his law degree, Bucaria worked as a legislative assistant. He then worked in the Nassau County District Attorney's Office. From 1979 to 1987, he was a private practice lawyer. After that, he was a law secretary until 1993, when he was elected to the Nassau County District Court. He was first elected to the Supreme Court Justice in 1995 and re-elected on November 3, 2009.

2009 election

Bucaria was re-elected to the court in 2009.

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Election %
Randall Hinrichs A	No	10th District	Democratic, Republican, Conservative	12.6%
H. Patrick Leis III A	Yes	10th District	Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Independence	13.1%
Elizabeth H. Emerson A	Yes	10th District	Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Independence, Working Families	13.6%
Stephen A. Bucaria A	Yes	10th District	Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Independence	13%
Thomas P. Phelan A	Yes	10th District	Republican, Conservative	7.6%
Robert A. Bruno A	No	10th District	Republican, Conservative	7.8%
James P. McCormack	No	10th District	Democratic, Independence, Working Families	6.6%
David Goodsell	No	10th District	Democratic, Independence, Working Families	6.2%
Daniel W. Donnelly	No	10th District	Independence	>1%
Andrew L. Spence	No	10th District	Working Families	>1%
Barbara Byrne	No	10th District	Working Families	>1%
Stephanie G. Ovadia	No	10th District	Working Families	>1%

See also

• Supreme Court of the State of New York

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