John J. Aman
John J. Aman
is Deputy
Chief Support Magistrate in the State. As such he helps in education and
administration of New York’s
125 Child Support Magistrates. He also conducts a child support calendar in Erie County.
John was born and raised in Buffalo, New York;
attended Canisius
College, and the University of Buffalo Law School; and is licensed to practice law in New York State, in the Federal Courts, and before
the United States Supreme Court. John has practiced law in Erie County,
Buffalo, New
York since February, 1978. His practice was generally been focused
in the family law field. From 1988
to 1992, he became interested in public service and took a position as staff
attorney at Neighborhood Legal Services, a provider of legal services for poor
people. In 1993 he was appointed a Support Magistrate and still holds that
position.
John is very active in the Erie
County Bar Association and is past Chair of the Practice and Procedure in
Family Court Committee. John has made numerous presentations at the local (Erie County)
and New York State Bar Association level and has published various articles.
John is a member of the New York State Family Court Advisory and Rules
Committee, past
president of the New York State Support Magistrates’ Association, past
President of the Board of Directors of the Erie County Bar Foundation, a member
of the Board of Directors of the Erie County Aid to Indigent Persons Society,
Inc. and a member of the Board of
Directors of the St. Thomas More Guild. John is also the former Dean of the
Erie Institute of Law, the educational component of the Erie County Bar
Association. He authors two Newsletters on family law issues and has been
honored with the “Special Service Award” of the Erie County Bar
Association in 2000.
John and his wife and have been foster
parents for the Erie County
Department of Social Services for a period of 15 years, taking five foster children into their family,
one of whom was adopted. John is active at St. Joseph’s
University Church
in Buffalo,
where he served as Parish Council President, is a current lector and
Eucharistic Minister, and is President of the conference of the St. Vincent De
Paul Society. John has been married to Kathleen Dunwoodie
for over 30 years. They have three children and live in Amherst, New York.
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