Upon her graduation from law school, she served over five years as an Assistant District Attorney in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. During her tenure there, she was given the extra responsibility of being cross designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. She later worked as a law clerk in both Kings and Queens Counties to Supreme Court Justices Steven Fisher, Reinaldo Rivera, and Luigi Marano. During this time, Justice DiMango also volunteered as a Small Claims Court Arbitrator.

Justice DiMango was first appointed to serve as a Judge of the Criminal Courts for the City of New York in 1995 and became the first Italian-American woman ever appointed to that position. In 1998, she was appointed as Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, and in 2002 she was elected to the New York State Supreme Court bench. Once again, she was the first Italian-American woman elected to that position.

In the course of her judicial career, she gained public recognition for handling high-profile trials, particularly those involving murders of young children, other crimes against children and hate-crime murders. She was also recognized for handling large volumes of serious felony cases from arraignment through trial.

The Chief Judge of the State of New York selected Justice DiMango to spearhead his initiative to reduce the backlog of felony matters in the Bronx. This initiative garnered front page coverage in The New York Times and resulted in her appointment to the position of Administrative Judge of the New York State Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Kings County.

After leaving the bench, she returned to her passion for education and became an Adjunct Associate Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Legal Research and Writing and Forensic Psychology at St. John’s University for approximately 10 years. She also served as an Adjunct Associate Professor at New York City Technical College teaching Criminal Law and Procedure.

Judge DiMango has received numerous awards and accolades in the course of her career. More than a dozen of Justice DiMango’s court decisions have been published along with her contributions to numerous bar association journals. She has appeared on numerous television programs including “The View,” “Wendy Williams,” “Rachael Ray” and “Steve Harvey” and can be heard on many talk radio shows and podcasts. She has also been featured giving legal insight on stories on “Entertainment Tonight,” Fox News, “VH1,” “Banfield” and “Inside Edition” among others.

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