Tandra L. Dawson

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Tandra L. Dawson

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Bronx County Family Court

Tenure

Present officeholder

Term ends

2025

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Education

Bachelor's

Spelman College, 1978

Law

Brooklyn School of Law, 1983

Tandra L. Dawson is a judge for the Bronx County Family Court in New York. She was first appointed to this position in 1998 by former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. She was reappointed to the position in 2005 by former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. She was most recently reappointed in 2015 by Mayor Bill de Blasio for a term that will expire in 2025.

Dawson previously served as an acting justice for the New York County Supreme Court, Criminal Term in the 1st Judicial District of New York. She was appointed to this position full-time (serving in the Integrated Domestic Violence Court) in 2007. Her term expired in 2015.

Education

Dawson received her B.A. degree from Spelman College in 1978, and her J.D. degree from the Brooklyn School of Law in 1983.

Career

• 1998-2025: Judge, Bronx County Family Court
• 2007-2015: Acting justice, New York County Supreme Court
• 2002-2007: Back-up acting justice, New York County Supreme Court
• 1983-1998: Assistant district attorney, Office of the District Attorney, Bronx County

See also

• Courts in New York

External links

• New York Law Journal, "Judge Profile: Tandra L. Dawson"