Speaker Biography The Honorable Janice Rosa, J.S.C.
Judge Janice M. Rosa, J.S.C. (New York, Ret.) served for nearly 20 years in the New York State Judiciary, on both the Family Court and the Supreme Court trial benches. She was Supervising Judge for the 8th Judicial District’s 8-county Family Courts, and Supervising Judge for Matrimonial Matters in the district as well. Justice Rosa was the first recipient of the New York Judiciary’s Judicial Excellence Award.
Since retiring from the NY Courts, Justice Rosa provides training and consulting for judges, courts, and communities on juvenile/family law, domestic violence, leadership and wellness, and systems change all over the country. She has taught at many national and state institutes including the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the National Judicial Institute for Domestic Violence, the National Judicial College and multiple state judicial conferences.
Justice Rosa provides conference curriculum support for the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ). She served on its Board of Trustees, was past Curriculum Chair for NCJFCJ, past chair of NCJFCJ’s Family Violence Advisory Committee, a participant of the child welfare Model Court initiative, is a current member of the Judicial Engagement Network, and served as the national Judicial Coordinator for NCJFCJ’s Family Court Enhancement Project. She was a member of the Family Justice Advisory Committee for IAALS, a Denver Colorado nonprofit organization, now inactive, addressing policy matters in domestic relations and family law. Justice Rosa named to the New York Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Forensic Evaluations to provide recommendations for improvement of custody evaluations.
Justice Rosa is the author of law review articles and book chapters on domestic violence, risk and lethality, family law, judicial ethics, and military families.
Before the bench, Judge Rosa was a trial attorney, a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and named in Best Lawyers in America. Judge Rosa graduated from the University of Rochester (B.A., double degree) and the State University of New York (Buffalo), School of Law (J.D.).