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Supreme Court Justice - District 2

Betsey Jean Jacques

Democratic

Civil Court judge in Brooklyn since Jan. 2024.

Nominated at the Brooklyn Democratic Party's judicial convention on Aug. 6; also on the Republican and Conservative lines.

Professional record

Civil Court judge, Kings County, since Jan. 2024 · Admitted to the New York bar in 2007

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Background

Before the bench she was principal law clerk to a State Supreme Court justice in Brooklyn, and she began her legal career in 2007 at the Mental Hygiene Legal Service.

  • Of Haitian descent
  • J.D., Syracuse University College of Law
  • President of the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Kings County
  • Member of the Brooklyn Women's Bar Association's board of directors as of Feb. 2023

Support

No endorsements beyond the Democratic, Republican and Conservative lines were found as of Sept. 29, 2026.

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