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Judge Anthony Parga: Friend of ucpn

Judge Anthony Parga: Friend of ucpn

 

Judge Anthony Parga is currently a member of the New York State Supreme Court.  Long active in his profession and community Justice Parga serves as a Special Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School. He is a member of the Nassau County and New York State Bar Associations as well as the Columbian Lawyers of Nassau County, and the Nassau Lawyers Association. Justice Parga is a Director on the Board of Directors of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County. The Long Beach Lawyers' Association honored Judge Parga as "Judge of the Year" at their annual dinner in June, 2011.

 

As a child, Anthony Parga attended day treatment programs at ucpn in the basement of the Baptist Church on Nassau Road in Roosevelt before the current facility was acquired. According to Justice Parga, “I was fortunate to have parents who were founding members of ucpn and who advocated strongly on my behalf. I attended public schools in Syosset in an era before the advent of special education, Section 504, or IDEA. Not a pleasant experience but one that prepared me well to face future hurdles in life.”

 

Currently serving on the Board of Directors of ucpn, Justice Parga comments, “While I am proud of how far we've come since I was a child at ucpn, the current fiscal and political situation demonstrate that we must never let down our guard.”

 

Before beginning his legal career, Justice Parga was a bilingual caseworker for the Nassau County Department of Social Services where he assisted Spanish speaking clients trying to access the County’s programs to provide food, clothing, housing,  employment and medical services for persons and families in need..

 

Justice Parga has earned graduate degrees in Public Administration from Harvard and Education from Long Island University. A graduate of Marist College, he earned his law degree at Hofstra Law School.                                      

 

Justice Parga has served with distinction as an attorney in all the major trial courts in Nassau County. He served as a Deputy Town Attorney for the Town of Oyster Bay and then as a Principal Court Attorney in the Nassau County District Court. He also served as law secretary to three State Supreme Court Justices as well as a Nassau County Court Judge.

 

In 1992 Justice Parga was elected to the Nassau County District Court and then in 1997 he was elected to the New York State Supreme Court. The same court to which he now seeks re-election.

 

Justice Parga is a lifelong resident of Syosset with his wife Janet where they raised their two children Anthony and Joanna.