District
Attorney Janet M. DiFiore
District Attorney Janet DiFiore has
dedicated her career to public service as both a former Judge and prosecutor in
Elected as a Judge of the Westchester County Court in 1998 and as
a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court in 2002, DA DiFiore
has presided over hundreds of cases in the County Court, the Family Court and the
New York State Supreme Court.
On February 14, 2003 DA DiFiore was
appointed by Chief Judge Judith Kaye to serve as the Supervising Judge for the
Criminal Courts in the 9th Judicial District. As Supervising Judge, her
responsibilities included oversight of court operations for the criminal courts
of Westchester, Dutchess,
In addition to her courtroom responsibilities, DA DiFiore served on Chief Judge Judith Kaye’s Commission on
the Future of Criminal Indigent Defense Services, as the NYS Unified Court
System’s Coordinator for Access to Justice Initiatives, 9th Judicial District,
as a member of the Office of Court Administration’s Committee on Criminal Jury
Instructions, on the Westchester County Criminal Justice Advisory Board, on the
Westchester County Domestic Violence Council, on the Advisory Board of the
Westchester Holocaust Commission’s Juvenile Offender Program, on the Task Force
on the Future of Probation the State of New York and on Chief Judge Kaye’s
Commission on Drugs and the Courts. DA DiFiore has
lectured, both in
DA DiFiore is a life-long resident of
She was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the
Westchester Children's Museum and The Pace University School of Law Board of
Visitors.
District Attorney Janet DiFiore is
married to Dennis E. Glazer, a partner at the law firm of Davis Polk &
Wardwell. They live in
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Last updated January 10, 2007