Core Practice Areas
4 VerticalsAbout & Mediation Philosophy
Neutral ProfileJudge Rachel Kretser was appointed to the Albany City Criminal Court in December 2005, and was elected to that position in 2006, becoming the first woman ever to serve on a criminal court bench in the Third Judicial District. In 2016 she was appointed Acting County Court Judge for Domestic Violence matters. Since her retirement from the bench in January 2017, Judge Kretser serves as an adjunct professor at Albany Law School, a Judicial Hearing Officer, mediator and arbitrator. In early 2018, she was appointed by Presiding Justice E. Garry to the 3rd Dept. Appellate Division Civil Appeals Settlement Panel where she mediates a wide variety of cases pending before the appellate court.
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Work History
4 PositionsMember, Civil Appeals Settlement Panel
3rd Dept. Appellate Division
2018 – Present
Mediates a wide variety of cases pending before the appellate court.
Adjunct Professor
Albany Law School
2017 – Present
Acting County Court Judge
Albany County Court (Domestic Violence matters)
2016 – 2017
Judge
Albany City Criminal Court
2005 – 2017
First woman to serve on a criminal court bench in the Third Judicial District.
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