My name is Ali Jaffery and I am a Hudson Valley native, an attorney, and a dad with a third grader over at Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary. I moved to Croton in 2018 because it is a vibrant and forward-looking community. I am writing to introduce myself because I am running for Village Justice.

Guest Editorial: Croton Dem/WFP candidate Ali R. Jaffery makes his case to be elected as Village Justice in November.

I have fought for everything that I have in my life. I am the child of working-class Pakistani immigrants. My father was on the fifty-first floor of the North Tower when the first plane struck on September 11, 2001, which was also my second day of high school. I graduated from Rutgers University at the height of the 2008 financial crisis and attended New York Law School, both of which I funded myself out of necessity.

Guest Editorial: Croton Dem/WFP candidate Ali R. Jaffery makes his ...

Ali Raza Jaffrey earned a degree from Rutgers University and a law degree from New York Law School. He is a married father.

I operate a private law practice where my main focus is plaintiff’s side employment law. My day-to-day work involves helping people, particularly women and minorities who have faced harassment or discrimination in the workplace, get back on their feet. I also bring extensive experience in both civil and criminal matters, including prior service as a judicial law clerk for the presiding judge of Hudson County, New Jersey, the state’s second largest court system by volume.

I operate a private law practice where my main focus is plaintiff’s side employment law. My day-to-day work involves helping people, particularly women and minorities who have faced harassment or discrimination in the workplace, get back on their feet. I also bring extensive experience in both civil and criminal matters, including prior service as a judicial law clerk for the presiding judge of Hudson County, New Jersey, the state’s second largest court system by volume.

In that capacity, I handled weekly arraignments. This background has shown me exactly what a functional, efficient, and compassionate justice system looks like.

Ali operates a private law practice focused on representing plaintiffs in employment law cases. He previously served as a judicial law clerk for the presiding judge of Hudson County, New Jersey.

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Ali Raza Jaffery

Ali Raza Jaffrey earned a degree from Rutgers University and a law degree from New York Law School.