Judge John Leventhal is the author

of “My

Partner, My Enemy,” a book chronicling his experiences presiding over the Brooklyn

Domestic Violence Court, the first felony domestic violence court in the nation.

In this New Thinking podcast, Judge Leventhal discusses memorable

cases from his tenure, the domestic violence court model, and why he felt it was important to write a book about

domestic violence. Judge Leventhal presided over the Brooklyn Domestic Violence Court from its opening in June 1996

until 2008. Since 2008, he has served as an associate justice of the New York State Supreme Court in the second department

of the appellate division.