Profile

A career public servant, Hon. Anthony Cannataro ’96 began his legal career in 1996 as an Assistant Corporation Counsel with the New York City Law Department. From 2000–2003, he served as Law Clerk to Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. He then served as Law Clerk to Hon. Lottie E. Wilkins in Supreme Court, New York County from 2003–2011. In 2011, he was elected Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, receiving assignments to the Kings County Family Court and the Bronx County Civil Court, until his appointment in 2016 as Supervising Judge of the New York County Civil Court. In 2017, he was elected Justice of the Supreme Court for the First Judicial District. Upon taking office as a Supreme Court Justice in January 2018, he was concurrently appointed Citywide Administrative Judge for the New York City Civil Court.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo nominated Judge Cannataro to the Court of Appeals on May 25, 2021, and the New York State Senate confirmed his appointment on June 8, 2021. He served as Acting Chief Judge from 2022–2023.

Judge Cannataro co-teaches the State and Local Government course, focusing on state constitutional law.