James F. Donlon, Esq.

Mr. Donlon is an attorney engaged in private practice since 1980. He has broad-based experience in matters such as real estate, estate planning, wills and estates, and litigation involving family court, criminal, and personal injury cases. From 1974 to 1980, Mr. Donlon was employed as an assistant district attorney in the Richmond County District Attorney's Office where he handled misdemeanors, felonies (including homicides) and, from 1976 to 1977, narcotics cases for the Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office. Immediately after graduating from law school, Mr. Donlon worked for the New York State Department of Law. Mr. Donlon is chair of the Richmond County Bar Association's Admissions Committee and co-chair of its Family Court Committee. He previously served as a board member of the Richmond County Bar Association. He is currently a member of the Assigned Counsel Plan Advisory Committee (Appellate Division, Second Department) and of the New York State Defenders Association. Mr. Donlon, a city council designee from Staten Island, has been a member of the CCRB since June 2004.

J.D.,1973, Albany Law School; B.A.,1970, Manhattan College.

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