A. Gail Prudenti

A. Gail Prudenti is an American jurist and academic administrator who served from 2017 to June 2023 as the 10th dean of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law. She was the New York Chief Administrator of the Courts from 2011 to 2015. Prudenti was the presiding justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department from 2002 to 2011.

Life A. Gail Prudenti was born to Annelise, a Suffolk County, New York, government official, and Anthony Prudenti, a jurist and local Republican party official. Anneliese was born in Lauingen, Bavaria and met Anthony in 1951 while he was a U.S. Army sergeant. She earned a law degree from the University of Aberdeen School of Law. She worked in private practice for ten years. She was the first woman in the position. She became the 10th dean in May 2017. In January 2023, Prudenti announced she would step down on June 30.