Amy Finzi

Ms. Finzi was most recently the Chief Assistant District Attorney of the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office under District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah. As the Chief ADA, she oversaw criminal prosecutions at the DA’s Office and had overall supervisory responsibility for the operations and structure of the WCDAO. During her time at the WCDAO, Ms. Finzi helped oversee the creation and expansion of diversion initiatives that aimed to reduce recidivism, the Office’s response to discovery law reforms, and enhanced support across bureaus and units to aid prosecutions and investigations. She also helped create and launch Fresh Start - Westchester County’s first pre-arraignment diversion program, the establishment of the Misdemeanor Wellness hub court with the Office of Court Administration, and the DA’s Office’s first Discovery Bureau. Prior to joining the DA’s Office, Ms. Finzi was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Department of Justice in the Southern District of New York, where she tried numerous jury trials to verdict and successfully argued many appeals before the Second Circuit. She specialized in multinational investigations of foreign drug organizations in Latin America and the Middle East, oversaw dozens of wiretap investigations, and conducted Title III surveillance training for AUSA’s across the country. She also worked on a variety of other federal criminal cases, including domestic narcotics trafficking, violent robberies, various immigration and bank fraud offenses, and gun crimes. Prior to becoming a federal prosecutor, Ms. Finzi was a litigation associate at Debevoise and Plimpton. She also serves on the board of the Focus Forward Project, a criminal justice reform organization that aims to empower individuals charged with federal crimes to move beyond the stigma of arrest and conviction.

Education

Ms. Finzi received her JD from Columbia Law School and her BA in History and English from the College of William and Mary.