Supreme Court Justice - District 13
Michael J. Pinto
Republican
New York City Civil Court judge since Jan. 2024, sitting on Staten Island.
On the Republican line; selected as the Republican Party's 2026 nominee for this Supreme Court seat.
Professional record
Civil Court judge, Staten Island · Admitted to the New York bar in 2013
Experience, cases & evaluations →Background
Based in Pleasant Plains, Staten Island
Before taking the bench he was principal court attorney to a Staten Island Civil Court judge and worked at two law firms.
- Native Staten Islander from the Pleasant Plains neighborhood
- Attended Wagner College (listed by the college as class of ’10), where he was student government president in his senior year
- J.D., St. John's University, 2013
- Worked as a page at NBC on Nightly News while in college
- Founded the Minty Awards (the Minty Organization for the Performing Arts), a nonprofit honoring high school theater on Staten Island; resigned as executive director after his 2023 election and says he remains a board member
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