Rita Mella
Candidate for the
New York City Civil Court
(7th District)

• The job of a judge is one of public service. In the legal field, it is the ultimate public service job. I have devoted my professional life to the public interest and being a judge would allow me to continue my commitment to that public service. In addition, for the last 13 years, I have worked as a law clerk and court attorney. I have assisted the judges for whom I have worked in making thousands of decisions. That experience has prepared me well for a judicial position, and for the challenge of making my own decisions.

• Democrat

• CUNY Law School, J.D., 1991
• Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña, B.A., 1983

• New York 1992

• Law Clerk to Surrogate Margarita López Torres

• Principal Law Clerk
  Chambers of Surrogate Margarita Ló?pez Torres, Brooklyn, NY
  (January 2006 - present)
• Court Attorney
  Chambers of Judge Margarita López Torres, Brooklyn, NY
• Court Attorney to Criminal Court Judge
  (January 2003 - December 2005)
• Principal Law Clerk
  Chambers of Judge Richard Rivera, Brooklyn, NY
  Law Clerk to Supreme Court Justice. (January 2001 - December 2002)
• Principal Court Attorney
  Chambers of Supervising Judge Richard Rivera, Brooklyn, NY
  Law Assistant to Supervising Judge of the Brooklyn Civil Court.
  (February 1997 - December 2000)