Civil Court Judge - District 6
Janice P. Purvis
Court Attorney Referee in the Law Department of Kings County Supreme Court and, since June 2012, a Special Referee for uncontested divorce matters.
Won the Democratic primary on June 23, 2026; also on the Working Families Party line, whose June 23, 2026 primary was canceled and from which she advanced without appearing on a primary ballot.
Professional record
Court Attorney Referee, Kings County Supreme Court · Admitted to the New York bar in 2003
Experience, cases & evaluations →Background
Based in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Before that she was an assistant law clerk in New York County Supreme Court, a litigation associate at a private firm and an adjunct professor at New York Law School.
- B.A., summa cum laude, in philosophy with a minor in classical languages, University of Minnesota
- J.D., New York Law School, 2002
- Executive Vice President of the Court Attorneys Association of New York City
- Lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn; Vice President of her block association
- Board member of Bushwick Street Cats, Inc. since Nov. 2011; formerly on the board of Friends of Brower Park
- Ran in the June 24, 2025 special Democratic primary for a Kings County Civil Court seat
Support
Robert Carroll
Member of the New York State Assembly
Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn
Brooklyn political club for the LGBTQ community
Money
$55K
raised
Top donors: Lawrence M. Schiffman P.C., Jessica Stertzer, Daniel Frisa
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