JOSEPH NOCELLA JR. 
 REPUBLICAN 
 BACKGROUND: 
<ul> 
 <li> Nocella, 58, of Seaford, is running on the Democratic, Republican and Conservative party lines in the general election. </li> 
 <li> Nocella was appointed Nassau County District Court judge in 2022. Previously, he was Hempstead Town attorney from 2021-2022 and the Hempstead Town supervisor’s chief of staff from 2020-2021. </li> 
 <li> He was Oyster Bay Town attorney from 2017-2020.&nbsp;In Nassau County government, he was counsel to the Office of Housing &amp; Community Development from 2014-2017, managing attorney in the county attorney’s office from 2011-2014, and counsel to the Nassau County executive and legislature from 2010-2011 and 2006-2008. </li> 
 <li> He was an assistant U.S. attorney serving in the criminal division of the Justice Department in the Eastern District from 1991-1995.&nbsp;Nocella also worked in litigation at private law firms in New York and Los Angeles from 1989-1990 and from 1995-2010. </li> 
 <li> He received his bachelor's degree from Fordham University in 1986 and graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 1989. </li> 
 <li> He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1990. </li> 
</ul> 
 &nbsp;

JOSEPH NOCELLA JR. REPUBLICAN BACKGROUND: Nocella, 58, of Seaford, is running on the Democratic, Republican and Conservative party lines in the general election. Nocella was appointed Nassau County District Court judge in 2022. Previously, he was Hempstead Town attorney from 2021-2022 and the Hempstead Town supervisor’s chief of staff from 2020-2021. He was Oyster Bay Town attorney from 2017-2020. In Nassau County government, he was counsel to the Office of Housing & Community Development from 2014-2017, managing attorney in the county attorney’s office from 2011-2014, and counsel to the Nassau County executive and legislature from 2010-2011 and 2006-2008. He was an assistant U.S. attorney serving in the criminal division of the Justice Department in the Eastern District from 1991-1995. Nocella also worked in litigation at private law firms in New York and Los Angeles from 1989-1990 and from 1995-2010. He received his bachelor's degree from Fordham University in 1986 and graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 1989. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1990.

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