NEW YORK – Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks has appointed Hon. Anne Minihan as Administrative Judge for the Ninth Judicial District.
The appointment was made with the approval of Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and after consultation with Hon. Hector LaSalle, Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department.
In her new role, Judge Minihan will oversee the daily operations of the trial courts within the Ninth Judicial District, which encompasses Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties.
Judge Minahan was elected to the County Court bench in Westchester County in 2014 and subsequently designated an acting Supreme Court Justice. She has been presiding over both a criminal part and Westchester County’s Mental Health Court. Prior to taking the bench, she was employed by the New York State Court System as a senior principal court attorney, first in the Appellate Division, Second Department, and later in Westchester County Supreme Court.
From 2008 to 2014, she served as acting village justice in Croton-on-Hudson, as well as an acting justice in several other Westchester County town and villages and an acting city court judge in several Westchester cities.
Previously, she maintained a private practice focused primarily on appellate litigation. She began her legal career as an assistant district attorney in Westchester County.
She is a graduate of Pace University School of Law.
Judge Minihan’s appointment is effective immediately.
