Ann-Margaret Carrozza Explained

Ann-Margaret Carrozza
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State Assembly:New York
District:26th
Term Start:January 1, 1997
Term End:December 31, 2010
Predecessor:Douglas Prescott
Successor:Edward C. Braunstein
Birth Date:17 December 1966
Birth Place:Queens, New York, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Spouse:William Duke
Children:2
Residence:Bayside, Queens
Glen Head, Long Island
Alma Mater:Hofstra Law School (J.D.)
Profession:Lawyer, politician, television legal analyst

Ann-Margaret E. Carrozza (born December 17, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician from New York, who was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1997 to 2010.

She has appeared in numerous episodes of the Dr. Phil Show.

Biography

Carrozza completed undergraduate studies at SUNY Albany and Empire State College. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the Hofstra University School of Law. Prior to her election to the State Assembly, Carrozza served as a court attorney for Civil Court Judge Peter O'Donoghue and as a clinical intern in the Queens County District Attorney's Office.[1]

She was a member of the New York State Assembly (26th D.) from 1997 to 2010, sitting in the 192nd, 193rd, 194th, 195th, 196th, 197th and 198th New York State Legislatures. Her district comprised East Flushing, Douglaston, Whitestone, Little Neck, Floral Park, Bay Terrace, and Bayside among other neighborhoods located in Northeast Queens. Carrozza was Chair of the Standing Committee on State and Federal Relations, as well as a member of several other standing committees, including Aging, Banks, Governmental Employees and Insurance.

On March 26, 2010, Carrozza announced that should would not be seeking re-election.[2] She currently heads an elder law practice, with offices in Bayside, Queens, Port Jefferson, Glen Head, and Manhattan, and lives in Glen Head with her husband William Duke and her two sons.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza . New York State Democratic Committee . https://web.archive.org/web/20070312082627/http://www.nydems.org/html/electedofficials/carrozza.html . March 12, 2007.
  2. Web site: Plagued by residency probe, Queens Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza calls it quits after 7 terms . New York Daily News . Elizabeth Benjamin, Kenneth Lovett . March 27, 2010.
  3. Web site: About our Firm . Law Offices of Ann-Margaret Carrozza . March 18, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213233721/http://myelderlawattorney.com/aboutmyelderlawattorney.html . February 13, 2012 .