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Vlad Frants

Vlad Frants

Democratic · New York · 2026

On the November 3 ballot for Judge of the Civil Court, New York County (3 seats), New York

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Judge of the Civil Court, New York County (3 seats)
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Biography

Vlad Frants serves as an adjudicator conducting evidentiary hearings and issuing written decisions for New York City government, per his campaign site. He previously worked as a federal government litigator, earning the IRS's 2024 Litigation Team of the Year Award and a U.S. Treasury Outstanding Litigator Award, and has also practiced at private law firms and taught as an adjunct professor for more than a decade, per his campaign site. He holds an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center, an M.S.T. from Fordham University, a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and a B.A. from Stony Brook University.

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