Patricia DiMango

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Patricia Mafalda DiMango (born May 19, 1953) is a retired American justice of the Supreme Court of Kings County, New York and television personality.

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DiMango starred as one of three judges along with Judge Tanya Acker, Judge Adam Levy, and court room bailiff Sonia Montejano on the panel-based reality court show Hot Bench .

Education

DiMango, a Brooklyn native, earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Brooklyn College at the City University of New York, as well as a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University Teachers College. She received a Juris Doctor degree from the St. John's University School of Law. [1]

Career

DiMango is a former college professor and NYC public school teacher. [2] DiMango was appointed as a Judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in 1995. [3] She was appointed Acting Justice of the State Supreme Court, 2nd Judicial District in 1998. [1]

She was elected as a justice of the Supreme Court of Kings County in 2002. [1]

Judge DiMango was one of the three judges on the panel court show Hot Bench , created by Judge Judy Sheindlin, that debuted in September 2014. [4]

She is mentioned in a New Yorker article regarding Kalief Browder; she sent a 16-year-old to spend over three years in Rikers Island awaiting trial. According to the article, DiMango was the presiding judge who released Browder on his 31st court appearance. [5] She has also been involved with numerous other high-profile cases, including murders and other crimes committed against children, and hate crimes. [2]

She guest starred as a judge on season 13, episode 1 of Blue Bloods .

She is one of three judges, along with Tanya Acker and Adam Levy, on Freevee's series titled Tribunal Justice , which debuted in June 2023 and is also a creation of Judy Sheindlin.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "JUDGES OF THE TRIAL COURTS". NYCOURTS.GOV Judicial Directory. New York State Unified Court System. Retrieved 19 December 2013.[ dead link ]
  2. 1 2 "Meet the Judges". hotbench.tv. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  3. ↑ Robbins, Liz (25 November 2011). "In Judge's Brooklyn Courtroom, Made-for-TV Drama Without the Cameras". New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Judge Judy-Created 'Hot Bench' to Premiere in the Fall". TheWrap. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ Gonnerman, Jennifer (6 October 2014). "Before the Law". The New Yorker. New York City. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
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