Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano has made three appointments to the county’s district court to replace judges who were elected to higher office in November.
Mangano said in a statement that James Darcy, Joseph Girardi and Donna Bifulco Swanson would be ready to assume office upon approval by the GOP-controlled county Legislature.
Darcy, a former Republican state Assemblyman and former mayor of the Village of Valley Stream who has been a Hempstead town councilman since 2001, would replace Terrence Murphy, who was elected to Nassau County Court.
Darcy has also been a private practice attorney for 34 years and is admitted to practice law in all courts in New York state.
Girardi, who was most recently a criminal defense attorney and has practiced as an assistant district attorney in Queens and assistant town attorney in Oyster Bay, would replace Anna Anzalone, who was elected to the state Supreme Court.
Swanson, a senior criminal prosecutor for the Town of Oyster Bay and a deputy town attorney there for the last 20 years, would replace William O’Brien, who was elected to Nassau County Court.
Swanson has also worked for Synergy Gas Corporation’s legal department and in private practice.
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