For Robert Pipia, a Nassau County District Court judge in his first months on the bench, any difficulties adjusting to his judicial duties come in a wider context.

Pipia, 50, has a genetic disorder that has rendered him wheelchair bound and limits the use of his hands. But that has never stopped him—his parents instilled in him a drive that taught him not to take the path of least resistance.

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