[5] From 1989 to 1995, Román served as an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn, Manhattan and for the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.

[1][4] He served as a law clerk for Judge Jose A. Padilla, Jr. of the New York City Civil Court from 1995 to 1998.

He served as a justice of the New York Supreme Court in Bronx County from 2003 to 2009 where he handled civil matters.

He served as an associate justice of the First Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court from 2009 to 2013, having been appointed to that post by Governor David Paterson.

He received a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 23, 2013, and his nomination was reported to the floor on February 28, 2013, by a voice vote.