She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and her law degree from the Syracuse University College of Law in 1986. Ms. Morrissey began her legal career as an Assistant County Attorney in the Family Court Bureau of the Westchester County Attorney’s Office where she spent ten years representing the Department of Social Services in prosecuting child abuse and neglect cases and in handling custody, visitation, paternity, and child support matters. In addition, during the last four years in that office she helped train new attorneys and manage the Family Court Bureau as a Senior Assistant County Attorney.