WHITE PLAINS CITY COURT JUDGE

JOHN
COLLINS

JUDICIAL & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • White Plains City Court Judge since 2019; acting Westchester County Court Judge

  • President NYS Association of City Court Judges

  • Court Attorney - Referee, NYS Unified Court System; Westchester & Rockland Counties Supreme Courts

  • US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York Assistant US Attorney, 2000-2017

EDUCATION / JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS

  • The Honorable Barbara S. Jones, U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y.; Judicial Law Clerk, 1999-2000

  • Chief Judge Juan R. Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; Judicial Law Clerk, 1998-1999

  • The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y.; Student Extern, 1996-1998

  • Yale Law School, J.D.; Law Journal, Law & Policy Review

  • Columbia College of Columbia University, B.A.
    summa cum laude

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

  • Recipient of Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association National Investigative Award

  • Director’s Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney

COMMUNITY & PERSONAL

  • Society of Irish American Lawyers, (SOCIAL) Board Member

  • WCBA, Chair, Criminal Law Comm.

  • Yale Law School Alumni Association Executive Committee, Member

  • Westwood Swim & Tennis, Treasurer

  • Proud father of two teenagers, happily married, dog lover