The Hon. Frank M. Mora is a judge for the Poughkeepsie City Court in the Ninth Judicial District of New York. He was appointed to the bench by former Mayor John Tkazyik in 2011.
Mora earned a B.A. from Marist College in 1992. He then completed a J.D. from the University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys Law School in 1996.
Prior to his appointment to the bench, Mora worked as an attorney in private practice from 1997 to 2010. Some of this time was spent as a partner at Brooke, Mora & Gemmati.
Mora has served as a council member for the First Ward in the City of Poughkeepsie and as chairman of the Poughkeepsie Joint Water Board. He has also served as president, vice-president, and secretary of the Dutchess County Bar Association. His other memberships have included the New York State Association of City Court Judges, the Dutchess County Magistrates Association, the Criminal Justice Council, the Dutchess County Transition Center Project, and the Mid-Hudson Women’s Bar Association.
He has been a trustee and lector of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.