Margot J. Garant
Margot J. Garant is running for Suffolk County District Court Judge, 6th District, Town of Brookhaven
BACKGROUND
- Garant, 60, of Port Jefferson, is running on the Democratic party line in the general election.
- She is an attorney at Margot J. Garant Inc. in Port Jefferson, with a focus on real estate law, corporate law, banking, bankruptcy and debt, and trusts and estate planning.
- Garant was the mayor of the Village of Port Jefferson for 14 years, retiring after completing her seventh and final two-year term in 2023.
- She suspended her campaign as the Democratic candidate for Brookhaven Town supervisor in July 2023 because of health issues after having a stroke the month prior.
- Garant graduated in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in finance and business from Lehigh University College of Business in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and earned a law degree from Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center at Touro College in 1999. She was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2001.
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