Career
Prior to serving in Erie County Family Court, she was a prosecutor for 23 years, most recently serving as Chief of the Erie County District Attorney’s Domestic Violence Bureau. In 1995 she started the first Domestic Violence unit in New York State outside of New York City. By utilizing social workers and a multi-disciplinary approach, the unit dramatically changed the system's approach to family violence and helped thousands of women and children find safety. In 2007 the Domestic Violence Bureau was responsible for the prosecution of almost 4,000 cases. There was a reduction in the family violence homicide rate from 15 to zero in 2007.
While supervising Child and Sex Abuse cases for Erie County, Bloch Rodwin developed new policies for the Child Advocacy Center including ensuring that a child no longer had to relive the details of the abuse during separate investigations by area agencies and law enforcement, but only has to relate the story once to one team member. Working with other child abuse specialists throughout New York, Bloch Rodwin also assisted leaders in the State Legislature in revising existing criminal laws on sexual abuse which resulted in the enactment of Sexual Assault Reform Act (SARA). This legislation dramatically strengthened penalties for child abuse.
Bloch Rodwin has conducted dozens of trainings throughout New York State for law enforcement officers and prosecutors on Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Investigations, Internet Crimes Against Children, Elder Abuse, and Stalking and Cyberstalking. She has lectured at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law in Family Law and the Family Violence Clinic. Bloch Rodwin was instrumental in obtaining a Federal grant of almost one million dollars for the Family Justice Center of Erie County .
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