John Ortiz, Democratic candidate for Southampton Town Justice, poses for...

John Ortiz, Democratic candidate for Southampton Town Justice, poses for a portrait during a party meeting held at Southampton Inn on Sunday, March 12, 2023. -- slVOTE -- Credit: James Escher

JOHN A. ORTIZ

Democratic

BACKGROUND:

  • Ortiz, 65, of Southampton, is running on the Democratic party line in the general election.
  • He was a Deputy District Attorney in the San Francisco Bay area from 1985 to 1988 and from 2015 to 2021. 
  • He also served as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan from 1988 to 1998.
  • From 1998 to 2015, he was in private practice as a civil litigator/trial attorney. Ortiz also served on the Planning Board in Mamaroneck from 2003 to 2015.
  • Ortiz earned his undergraduate degree in 1980 from the University of Pennsylvania, and his law degree from the University of San Francisco in 1984.
  • He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1989.
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