You can read Judge Mary M Work's Bio here
Judge Mary M Work, once a long-time Judge at Ulster County Family Court, is more than a Judicial associate of Judge Karen Peters. Please recall, reader, that Judge Work sat as the Family Court Judge to hear testimony regarding a custody litigation where Sara Maliha was a litagant.
Judge Work -- a friend of the following
Sara Gorman
Ina Liffman
Frank Faluotico
The Covello Family
Below, Please read from Frank Faluotico's own testimony as taken during a sworn deposition that was held during a Civil Suit, which was brought against him, regarding his relationship with Judge Work
20 Q. Do you know Mary Work?
21 A. Yes.
22 Q. Who was Mary Work at that time?
23 A. Mary Work at that time was a family court
24 judge for Ulster County.
25 Q. Did you have a social relationship with her?
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2 A. Yes.
3 Q. Can you explain that relationship as of that
4 time at least?
5 A. Well, I had known Judge Work from being the
6 family court judge. She was friends with Karen Peters,
7 and Karen Peters and I had been to her house for social
8 occasions.
9 Q. Now, though, as you said, you weren't living
10 with Karen Peters any longer. That had stopped about
11 two and a half years before. Did you continue to have a
12 social relationship with Judge Work?
13 A. Social and I would say political.
14 Q. In what way?
15 A. Being the union president, we had endorsed
16 her.
17 Q. What I mean by social is, did you see her
18 outside the context of your work, at parties or events?
19 A. Some gatherings, maybe, yes.
20 Q. Did you ever have occasion to talk with Mary
21 Work about the incident that happened on the 19th of
22 June and whatever knowledge you had about it?
23 A. Directly with Judge Werk, no.
24 Q. Indirectly with people who you knew spoke with
25 her about it?
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2 A. Are you asking me if I had a conversation with
3 people from her court about it?
4 Q. Sure.
5 A. Yes, I did.
6 Q. And who was that?
7 A. Katrina Lasko, the chief clerk.
8 Q. You told me there's one recorded
9 conversation -- we don't have to go into that. We went
10 over that earlier, this one conversation that you
11 indicated earlier you had with Ms. Lasko. Do you recall
12 that?
13 A. Yes.
14 Q. Did you have other conversations other than
15 that one with Ms. Lasko about the incident?
16 A. The only thing I recall since that
17 conversation is just that it was sad that it happened,
18 but that's about it. Nothing specifically about
19 specifics.
20 Q. When do you remember having that conversation
21 with Ms. Lasko?
22 A. A year ago, two years ago. I don't know.
23 Q. What was the context of that conversation?
24 Were you in her office?
25 A. No. We had been at a social gathering.
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2 Q. Who brought the Maliha matter up at the social
3 gathering; you or Ms. Lasko?
4 A. Quite honestly, I don't know how it came up.
5 We might have been someplace where Sara was. I really
6 don't know.
