Supreme Court Justice - District 13
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.
Civil Court judge, Staten Island · Admitted to the New York bar in 2013
Selected cases & rulings
No rating for this 2026 Supreme Court race was found as of Sept. 29, 2026. No published decision signed by him was found as of Sept. 29, 2026. Two New York attorney registrations match his name, so the registry does not single out his record; his 2013 New York bar admission is as reported by the New York Law Journal. The dates of his work as an associate at Mendes & Mount and in the Archdiocese of New York's Child Nutrition Program were not found.
Professional experience
since Jan. 2025
Judge of the New York City Civil Court, sitting in the county civil court on Staten Island.
New York Law Journal — Judicial candidate snapshot, Sept. 22, 2026 ↗Jan. 2024–Jan. 2025
Took the bench as a New York City Civil Court judge after his 2023 election and was assigned to criminal court in Brooklyn. His current term ends in 2034.
New York Law Journal — Judicial candidate snapshot, Sept. 22, 2026 ↗2020–Jan. 2024
Principal court attorney to Staten Island Civil Court Judge Robert Helbock.
New York Law Journal — Judicial candidate snapshot, Sept. 22, 2026 ↗2018
Joined the Staten Island law firm Crawford Bringslid Vander Neut.
New York Law Journal — Judicial candidate snapshot, Sept. 22, 2026 ↗Associate at Mendes & Mount doing insurance coverage defense work.
New York Law Journal — Judicial candidate snapshot, Sept. 22, 2026 ↗2014
Began teaching criminal justice and mock trial classes at Wagner College as an adjunct professor.
Wagner College Newsroom ↗Worked in the Child Nutrition Program for the Archdiocese of New York.
New York Law Journal — Judicial candidate snapshot, Sept. 22, 2026 ↗Bar admission & conduct
Admitted 2013 · St. John's School of Law
As listed in a New York Law Journal judicial candidate profile, Sept. 22, 2026 ↗No public determination naming Michael J. Pinto in the State Commission on Judicial Conduct's determination database (checked Sept. 29, 2026).
NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct — public determination list ↗Qualifications & evaluations
Approved
New York City Bar Association · Oct. 16, 2023
The City Bar's Committee on the Judiciary uses two ratings, Approved and Not Approved. Issued Oct. 2023 for his Civil Court race in Richmond County's 2nd Municipal District, not for this race.
New York City Bar Association — 2023 general election ratings ↗Others running for Supreme Court Justice - District 13