Judge Sergio Jimenez: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

The Hon. Sergio Jimenez is a judge for the New York City Housing Court in Queens County. He was appointed to the Housing Court bench in 2018 by the Hon. Lawrence K. Marks, Chief Administrative Judge of the State of New York.

Judge Jimenez graduated with his B.A. in philosophy and English literature from McGill University in 2002. He went on to earn his J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2005.

Jimenez joined Bushwick Housing and Legal Assistance in 2007, where he first worked as a staff attorney before being promoted to serve as its director. Then, in 2013, he became the director of the Civil Justice Practice at Brooklyn Defender Services, where he would remain until his appointment to the Housing Court bench in 2018.

Judge Jimenez was born in Costa Rica.