Judge Linda M. Capitti: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

The Hon. Linda M. Capitti is a judge on the Family Court of the City of New York in Kings County. Capitti was appointed to the Family Court bench by Mayor Bill de Blasio in January 2020.

While on the Family Court bench, Capitti has served as an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, a position to which she was designated by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas in 2025. During that time, she has held an assignment in the Matrimonial Division of the Civil Term.

Capitti began her judicial career as an interim judge on the Civil Court of the City of New York in Kings County in 2019. She was appointed to the position by former Mayor Bill de Blasio, who promptly designated her to the Family Court of the City of New York in Kings County.

Capitti received a B.A. from Rutgers University in 1987. She then completed a J.D. at New York Law School in 1992. She was admitted to practice in New York (1993).

Prior to her appointment to the bench, Capitti was a principal court attorney to Hon. Tandra L. Dawson of the New York County Integrated Domestic Violence Court and Bronx County Family Court, a position she held for twenty years. Before that, she worked as a staff attorney in the Child Support Unit of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (1995 to 1999).

Capitti has served as co-vice-president and a board member of the Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert. She is a two-time breast cancer survivor.