Judge Tammy S. Robbins: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

The Hon. Tammy S. Robbins is a judge on the Nassau County Court in the 10th Judicial District of New York. She was elected to the bench on November 8, 2016.

Robbins has also held assignments as an acting judge on the Nassau County Family Court (2018 to 2019) and an acting justice on the Nassau County Supreme Court (2019 to present).

Prior to her election, Robbins was a principal court attorney with the Hon. Conrad D. Singer of the Nassau County Family Court, a position to which she was named in 2015. Before that, she performed her first stint as a judge on the Nassau County Court (2005 to 2015), where she also sat as an acting justice of the Nassau County Supreme Court.

Robbins earned a B.A. in economics from the State University of New York at Albany in 1982. She then completed a J.D. at Hofstra University, Maurice A. Deane School of Law, in 1989. She was licensed to practice in New York (1989).

After graduating from law school, Robbins began her legal career as an assistant district attorney with the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. She served in that capacity for the next decade, prosecuting narcotics cases and supervising the Street Gang Investigation Unit. Then, in 2002, she joined the New York State Unified Court System, serving as a principal court attorney for the Hon. Jeffrey S. Brown (2000 to 2004) and the Hon. David J. Ayres (2004 to 2005) of the Nassau County Court.

Robbins is a recipient of the Norman F. Lent Award from the Criminal Courts Bar Association of Nassau County (2014), the Woman of the Year Award from the Fraternal Order of Court Officers, and the Fidelis Juri Award from the Court Officers Benevolent Association of Nassau County.

She is registered as a Democrat.