Carl J. Copertino, District Court Judge, 2nd District, Town of Babylon

CARL J. COPERTINO

Republican

BACKGROUND:

• Copertino, 64, of Deer Park, is currently working part-time at the NYC Transit Adjudication Bureau.
• Copertino was appointment by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone to fill a vacant Babylon District Court seat on the bench in June 2013, before winning election to the position that November. Copertino served on the bench until the six-year term ended at the end of 2019.
• Copertino was a NYC Transit Authority attorney from 2008-2013, the last two years as its ethics officer.
• From 2001 to 2008, Copertino was general counsel in the Office of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA inspector general.
• He was an assistant district attorney in the Rackets Bureau at Nassau County District Attorney's Office from 1999 to 2001.
• He graduated from Elmira College in 1978 and received his law degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1981.