About

Cindy Imperato was a judge for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court in Broward County, Florida. She was appointed to the Circuit Court by former Governor Jeb Bush in 2003, and resigned from the bench in 2016. During her years on the bench, Judge Imperato has been an instructor at the Conference of Circuit Court Judges, involved in judicial education, trained Judicial Nominating Committee members and taught at various Judges conferences. Judge Imperato chaired the Judicial Nominating Criminal Procedures Committee, was a member of the Criminal Rules Committee, and is currently on Executive Council for the Criminal Law Section of the Florida Bar.

In her rich career,  retired judge Cindy Imperato served as a Senior Assistant Statewide Prosecutor with the Office of Statewide Prosecution where she was employed for thirteen years. As a prosecutor, Judge Imperato was responsible for statewide grand jury presentations and the prosecution of multi jurisdictional organized crime involving racketeering, homicides, home invasion robberies, drug trafficking, white-collar fraud, police corruption, and street gang violence. In addition to her law degree, she also has a Masters Degree in Criminology from Florida State University.

Cinty Imperato graduated with a B.S. in Psychology and Sociology from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State  University in 1979, and received her M.S. in Criminology from Florida State University in 1980. Before obtaining her law degree, Cindy worked as Tallahassee Police Officer who was actively involved in creating and updating gang legislation, and prosecuted the first state racketeering case against a street gang. She was a member of the Multi-Agency Gang Task Force of Palm Beach, Broward, and Dade Counties.

Judge Imperato was also an adjunct professor at Nova Law School where she taught Criminal Pre- Trial Practice for the past 19 years. While living in Tallahassee, she was a Criminal Justice Instructor at Tallahassee Community College.

Cindy Imperato has lectured nationally in seminars involving diversity on the bench, white-collar fraud, street gangs, and organized crime. She has published an article regarding street gangs in Florida. Judge Imperato is a member of the Law School Liaison, Professionalism, Criminal Law and Bench and Bar Committees of the Broward County Bar Association.