Ann-Margaret E. Carrozza (born December 17, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician from New York, who was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1997 to 2010. She has appeared in numerous episodes of the '' Dr. Phil Show''.

Biography

Carrozza completed undergraduate studies at

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and

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. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the

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. Prior to her election to the State Assembly, Carrozza served as a court attorney for Civil Court Judge Peter O'Donoghue and as a clinical intern in the Queens County District Attorney's Office. She was a member of the New York State Assembly (26th D.) from 1997 to 2010, sitting in the 192nd, 193rd, 194th, 195th, 196th, 197th and

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s. Her district comprised East

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, Douglaston, Whitestone,

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, Bay Terrace, and Bayside among other neighborhoods located in Northeast Queens. Carrozza was Chair of the Standing Committee on State and Federal Relations, as well as a member of several other standing committees, including Aging, Banks, Governmental Employees and Insurance. On March 26, 2010, Carrozza announced that should would not be seeking re-election. She currently heads an

elder law Elder rights are the rights of older adults (usually those in the seventh decade of life or older, although this definition is disputed), who in various countries are not recognized as a constitutionally protected class, yet face discrimination ...

practice, with offices in

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, Glen Head, and

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, and lives in Glen Head with her husband William Duke and her two sons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carrozza, Ann-Margaret Living people Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly Women state legislators in New York (state) Maurice A. Deane School of Law alumni People from Bayside, Queens People from Glen Head, New York 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American women politicians 1966 births