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Supreme Court Justice - District 2

Lola Waterman

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, Brooklyn 2nd Municipal Court District, since Jan. 2024

Civil dispute (conversion and contract)

Awarded $3,198.58 on one claim in a dispute over a vehicle and dismissed the rest

Pinette v Gauthier (2026 NY Slip Op 50049(U)) · Jan. 15, 2026

Decided the case as a judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County.

Awarded the plaintiff $3,198.58 for conversion of proceeds, and dismissed the plaintiff's other claims, including conversion of the vehicle itself, breach of contract and emotional distress.

What this tells you

The only one of her listed decisions that ends in a money award.

Justia — Pinette v Gauthier (N.Y. Civ. Ct. 2026) ↗
Case context & history

The question: What the plaintiff was owed on claims of conversion (wrongfully taking or keeping someone else's property), breach of contract and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and whether the defendant's counterclaims had merit.

Outcome / stage: Judgment for the plaintiff on one claim; the defendant's counterclaims were dismissed in full.

Both sides sought money from each other: the plaintiff on three kinds of claims and the defendant through counterclaims.

Subsequent history: No appellate decision reviewing this ruling was found as of Sept. 29, 2026.

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Background

Before the bench she was a State Supreme Court law clerk and special referee, after running her own immigration, elder-law and estate-planning practice.

  • Born in East Lansing, Michigan, and educated in Nigeria; moved to New York in 2005
  • B.S. in marketing, Arizona State University; J.D., New York Law School
  • Licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey and in federal courts in New York and New Jersey
  • Member of the Association of Black Women Attorneys, the Metropolitan Black Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association and the New York County Lawyers Association
  • Volunteered as a guardian ad litem in Housing Court
  • Married to Robert Waterman, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Brooklyn

Support

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

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