Judge Marguerite Grays Named Administrative Judge for Civil Matters in Queens
She succeeds Judge George Silver, who has been serving as interim administrative judge in the Eleventh Judicial District for the past year alongside his ongoing role as deputy chief administrative judge for the New York City courts.
June 23, 2020 at 05:58 PM
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Queens County Supreme Court. Photo: David Shankbone
Queens County Supreme Court Justice Marguerite Grays has been appointed administrative judge for civil matters in the Eleventh Judicial District, New York State Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks announced Tuesday.
Grays will take on her new responsibilities supervising day-to-day operations of Queens County Supreme Court-Civil Term immediately, according to a news release.
She succeeds Judge George Silver, who has been serving as interim administrative judge in the Eleventh Judicial District for the past year alongside his ongoing role as deputy chief administrative judge for the New York City courts.
"Judge Grays is an outstanding judge who, working with Judge Silver over the past months to navigate the many challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis, has exercised effective leadership of Queens County's Supreme Court-Civil Term," Marks said. "Her administrative skills, combined with her sound judgment, strong work ethic and other fine qualities, will serve her well in this important post. I look forward to our working together as we strive, in these difficult times, to meet Queens County's evolving civil justice needs."
Grays was elected to the New York City Civil Court in Queens County in 2000, according to the news release, and she was first elected to Queens County Supreme Court in 2002. She has served as a justice of the commercial division since 2005.
As the Eleventh Judicial District's deputy administrative judge for civil matters since 2015, she has helped oversee the implementation of case management reforms, according to the news release.
Before taking the bench, Grays worked as a staff attorney for Queens Legal Services and as a principal law clerk in Queens County Supreme Court.
Grays is president of the New York Chapter of the National Association of Women Judges and chairwoman of the Queens County Supreme Court-Civil Term's judicial committee on women in the courts. She is also a past president of the Association of Black Women Attorneys and was the first African American to serve as president of the Queens County Women's Bar Association.
She is a graduate of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.
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