Barry Kamins is a New York City Criminal Court Judge as well as an adjunct professor at the Fordham University School of Law and Brooklyn Law School.[1]
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Kamins received his bachelor's degree from Columbia College in 1965 and his Juris Doctor degree in 1968 from Rutgers School of Law.[2] He is a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School.
Kamins served as an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County from 1969 to 1973 where he rose to the rank of Deputy Chief of the Criminal Court Bureau. Following his time at the District Attorney's Office, Kamins left to become a criminal defense lawyer in Brooklyn at the law firm of Flamhaft, Levy, Kamins, Hirsch & Rendeiro LLP. During his time in private practice, Kamins represented numerous lawyers and judges probed by the Appellate Division's disciplinary committee.[3]
In 2006, Kamins was elected president of the New York City Bar Association for a two-year term. Kamins became the first president of the City Bar with a law practice based outside of Manhattan in the association's 136-year history.[4]
As a professor with the Fordham University School of Law and Brooklyn Law School, Kamins teaches courses on New York Criminal Procedure, and has authored numerous articles and publications, including New York Search & Seizure (1991).[5]
In 2008, Kamins was appointed to the New York State Supreme Court by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. In 2009, his term was renewed until 2018.[6] In 2009, Kamins was transferred from Manhattan to the Kings County Criminal Term after Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau appointed Kamins the Administrative Judge for Criminal Matters.