QUALIFICATIONS

1994-present   Incorporated Village of Northport, NY
Northport Village Justice

• Elected, 1994; Re-elected, 1998 & 2002
• The jurisdiction of Northport Village Court is concurrent with that of Suffolk County's District Court. In regular session every Monday, the Village Justice arraigns felonies and tries misdemeanors before juries.  The Court also hears traffic infractions and local ordinance violations. The court is served by the Suffolk County District Attorney; Probation Department; Sheriff; Legal Aid Society and Commissioner of Jurors. 
• Written decisions have been published in the New York Law Journal and The Suffolk Lawyer.  

1981-present   Garden City, NY 
Attorney at Law

• In private professional practice involving civil and criminal litigation, trials and appellate work in local, state and federal courts including: Supreme, Surrogates, County, District, City, Town, Village & Family Courts in Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Kings, New York, Bronx & Richmond Counties.

1984-1985 Huntington, NY
Adjunct Professor of Law

• Touro College School of Law
• Moot Court; Legal Methods

EDUCATION

1980   Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
J.D. - School of Law

• Editor-in-Chief, Conscience
• United States District Court, Eastern District of New York; Law Clerk Intern, Hon. George C. Pratt.

1977 University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
B.A. - Honors Program/ High Distinction

• Editor-in-Chief, university newspaper
• United States Senate, Washington D.C., Student Intern, Hon. Claiborne deB. Pell (RI).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

Statewide Judicial Lecturer

• Appointed by NYS Deputy Chief Administrative Judge to Unified Court System's Curriculum Development Committee
• Toured New York State presenting lectures to sitting judges on topics involving DWI, Criminal Process, Sentencing, Issues of Counsel, Sex Offender Registration (Megan's Law); Plea Disposition and more.

Judicial System Assistance Team

• Appointed by Suffolk County Executive Robert Gaffney as judicial representative on interdisciplinary team studying criminal justice and population issues in county correctional center.

Faculty Coordinator

• Appointed by three Suffolk County District Administrative Judges (Hon. Mary M. Werner; Hon. A. Gail Prudenti & Hon. Alan Oshrin) to run program of Continuing Judicial Education for County's entire Town and Village Justice Court bench.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 

1999 & 2001 National Judicial College, Reno, NV
Judicial Leadership Conference

• Twice selected by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to represent New York State at program involving DWI, motor carrier safety and judicial ethics.

1996 - 2002 Suffolk County Bar Association
Professional Ethics Committee

• Researched and authored committee opinions for publication in the New York Law Journal.
• Helped produce local bar association guide to professional ethics.

1984-1992 Incorporated Village of Northport, NY
Board of Architectural & Historic Review

• Twice appointed by Mayor Peter Nolan.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 

Vice President, Suffolk County Magistrates Association;

Member, American Judges Association, Suffolk County Bar Association, New York State Bar Association,

Admitted to practice: before the Courts of the State of New York; United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts; United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Federal Circuits.

COMMUNITY  

Advisory Board

• Northport High School Law Program, Project PATCH; Judge in Moot Court Program.

Guest Speaker

• Northport Rotary; Northport-East Northport Public Schools; Boy Scouts of America -Northport Troop 410; Northport Troop 41; Northport Pack 42.

PERSONAL 

Paul H. Senzer was raised on Long Island and has been a resident of Northport Village since 1983. He is married to local Doctor of Audiology, Cheryl L. Senzer. The Senzer children are Allison, age 18; Michael, age 13 and James, age 11.