Meet Kate Hogan

Kate Hogan is a native of Hudson Falls, a graduate of Hudson Falls High School, St. Lawrence University, and Washington and Lee University Law School. She began her career as a prosecutor in the Brooklyn DA’s office before returning home to the North Country and becoming the first woman elected to serve as Warren County District Attorney, a position she held for 16 years.

As District Attorney, she created the Warren-Washington Child Advocacy Center and helped implement the Warren County Treatment Court. In 2009 and 2010, she served as the President of the New York State District Attorneys Association. In that capacity, she successfully advocated for the passage of Leandra’s Law, Jack Shea’s Law and the implementation of a strangulation statute. She served on the Justice Task Force, the Commission on the Jury, the New York State Arson Board and the Sentencing Commission.

In June 2017, the Governor of New York appointed Kate to the New York State Court of Claims. Currently, she serves as a Court of Claims Judge and as an Acting Supreme Court Justice, handling civil cases throughout the Fourth Judicial District. 

Since 2017, Judge Hogan has co-chaired the Committee for Equal Justice in the Courts for the Fourth Judicial District and has worked on increasing access to justice in the most rural areas of the district. From 2019 until 2021, she served as Supervising Judge of the County Courts in the Fourth Judicial District. As Supervising Judge, she helped to implement newly enacted criminal justice reforms throughout the district. Judge Hogan also lectures for the Judicial Institute.