NEW ROCHELLE – Mayor Noam Bramson, Thursday, announced the appointment of Jared Rice to the New Rochelle City Court.
Rice, who is completing his last term on the New Rochelle City Council, will assume the full-time judgeship being vacated by the retiring Judge Gail Rice. He will join City Judges Susan Kettner and Anthony Carbone when he begins a 10-year term on January 1, 2020.
Rice has been a member of the city council since 2011 and is currently a partner with his father, J. Roger Rice, in a local law firm specializing in criminal defense and civil rights.
As a public defender in the Mount Vernon City Court for more than 12 years, Rice assumed the lead defense role n the Adolescent Division Part from 2012 to this year, representing hundreds of 16- and 17-year-olds in a treatment court specifically designed for youngsters. He also successfully litigated some high profile civil rights cases in Westchester County concerning prisoner rights.
