Queens Dems nominate candidates for Civil Court race

Ballotpedia: Melissa Deberry

Melissa earned her law degree at Hofstra University. She resides in southeast Queens.

Melissa currently serves as the principal law clerk to Queens Supreme Court Justice Cheree Buggs.

Melissa B. Deberry's run for civil court judge in Queens County, New York is her 1st run for public office. 

As a superior court clerk, records, files, and maintains court records and official documents, schedules cases, and ensures the public availability of all court proceedings.

- As a superior court clerk, records, files, and maintains court records and official documents, schedules cases, and ensures the public availability of all court proceedings.

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Melissa B. Deberry

Melissa currently serves as the principal law clerk to Queens Supreme Court justice Cheree Buggs.

Melissa B. Deberry's run for civil court judge in Queens County, New York is her first run for public office. 

She currently works as the principal law clerk to Queens Supreme Court justice Cheree Buggs. As a superior court clerk, records, files, and maintains court records and official documents, schedules cases, and ensures the public availability of all court proceedings.

- She currently works as the principal law clerk to Queens Supreme Court justice Cheree Buggs. As a superior court clerk, records, files, and maintains court records and official documents, schedules cases, and ensures the public availability of all court proceedings.

- The New York Civil Court has jurisdiction over civil cases involving amounts up to $50,000 and other civil matters referred to it by the Supreme Court.
- It includes a small claims part for informal dispositions of matters not exceeding $10,000 and a housing part for landlord-tenant matters and housing code violations.
- There are 120 judges elected to the Civil Court, but only about 50 sit in it. The remaining judges sit in other courts, such as the Criminal Court or Family Court.
- Judges are elected to 10-year terms in partisan elections.
- They are paid a salary of $216,400.

Judge who handles majority of civil cases in New York