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Brooklyn Paper: Could
you describe your duties as
an Administrative Judge?
Hon. Matthew J. D’Emic:
An Administrative Judge
for Criminal Matters in the
Kings County Supreme Court
entails assigning cases, assigning
judges to the various
court parts, making sure
with the chief clerk that we
have suffi cient staff (court offi
cers, court clerks, interpreters,
and court reporters to
support the operation.) I also
preside over the Brooklyn Domestic
Violence Court and
the Brooklyn Mental Health
Court (an alternative to incarceration
to keep people living
with mental illness out of
jail and in treatment).
BP: Has there been a silver
lining during the pandemic?
MD: I think we’ve been
catapulted into the future because
we did not do anything
virtually prior. The courthouse
was a place, maybe now
we get to look at it more as a
service than a place. Within
two weeks of handling emergency
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matters in-person, we
were able to transfer to virtual
appearances. We now
have a system, allowing attorneys
to e-fi le their papers
that is delivered to the judge’s
staff. In addition, I’ve been
able to take pleas and impose
sentences.
In Mental Health Court, I
have compliance updates (an
individual will take a plea,
they’ll go into treatment and
the case will be dismissed if
they succeed in treatment).
I like to see them regularly
to make sure they are doing
okay. If they are in a program
that has skype capabilities or
if they are home they can do it
on their cellphones.
BP: Has doing this process
virtually helped court
procedures?
MD: The Mental Health
Court is very labor intensive.
I’ve been doing that since the
beginning of 2002. I could
have 80 cases on a Tuesday,
so that means there are hundreds
of people in a courtroom.
Those things are all
releases for the foreseeable
future, so once we are back
in my courtroom I can schedule
appearances for the defendants
or participants who
may be doing poorly, or who
are on for a plea, or who are
just beginning. But those who
are doing well or are in programs,
residential, or otherwise
I can do those by Skype.
I limit the amount of traffi c
in the courthouse, we can socially
distance better and protect
everybody.
BP: What motivated you
to pursue this fi eld?
MD: I always had an inclination
towards public service.
I had practiced law for 15
years, and ran for Civil Court
Judge and lost, but the next
year the Governor appointed
me to the position I have now.
I have the opportunity to help
society and individuals.
Mental Health Court appeals
to me, too. As a society
we recognize that people who
have mental illness are shortchanged.
BP: Why is mental
health important to you?
MD: The Administrative
Judge at the time asked me
to take on the responsibility
and now it’s been 12 years. I
have gotten to know these individuals,
their families. I’ve
learned that they have a very
small political voice. Society
must change that.
BP: Is it diffi cult to balance
a social life as well as
your busy career?
Hon. Matthew J. D’Emic: I
play in band named Whipple
or Will. I play the bass guitar.
I like to play a lot of local
fundraises, like the Bay
Ridge Guild for Exceptional
Children, Our Ladies of Angels).
We love performing for
good causes.
BP: Are there any misconceptions
people have
that you would like to clear
up?
MD: There is no judge that
I know who doesn’t come into
work trying to do the best
job they can. I think there is
a misconception that maybe
judges feel that they are
above, or they are egotistical
or infl ated, but by in large
they come to work like everybody
trying to do the right
job.
BP: What advice would
you give to those entering
the law fi eld?
MD: A couple of pieces
of advice I give my students:
Work hard and do the best
you can and that will be rewarded,
and life is never a
straight line. Any disappointment
you may have may turn
out to be the best thing that
ever happened to you. For example,
I lost the election for
Civil Court and a year later
I was sitting on the Supreme
Court.
Q & A: Matthew J. D’Emic
Hon. Matthew J. D’Emic
Hon. Matthew J. D;Emic
Criminal Matters Kings County Supreme Court
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