Lisa S. Headley

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Lisa Headley is from Brooklyn, New York. She has a bachelor’s degree in human resources management from the City University of New York, Bernard M. Baruch College, and a Juris Doctor degree from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. She lives in Harlem, New York.

Lisa is a judge at the New York City Civil Court, where she has served since 2016. Before her election, she worked for the New York State Unified Court System for over 30 years. She began her career typing decisions for housing and civil court judges. After obtaining her law degree, she became an assistant court attorney and later worked as a court attorney in Housing Court for approximately 14 years. Since taking the bench, she has also served as an Acting Justice of the Family Court in Bronx County and currently presides in Supreme Court - Civil in New York County. In addition to her judicial duties, she has been an adjunct faculty professor since 2019, teaching courses on family law, criminal justice, and prison rehabilitation.

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Lisa is currently a judge for the Manhattan 8th Municipal Court District of the New York City Civil Court. She was elected to the bench in 2015 and re-elected in 2021. She has also served as an Acting Justice of the Family Court in Bronx County from 2016 to 2019 and is currently an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court in New York County. 

Served as a judge for the Civil Court of the City of New York in New York County.

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Member of the Dominican Bar Association, the Metropolitan Black Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association, the New York Women’s Bar Association, the Puerto Rican Bar Association, and the Tribune Society.

Community Involvement

- 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