Charles Stewart Desmond
Introduction Charles Stewart Desmond served on the Court of Appeals for 26 full years-the second longest tenure of a Judge on the Court of … More Charles Stewart Desmond »
Biography Category: New York State Court of Appeals
Janet DiFiore
Janet DiFiore, former Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and of the State of New York, was born in 1955 in Mount Vernon, … More Janet DiFiore »
Marvin Rood Dye
Judge Marvin Dye was one of the longest living judges to serve on the New York Court of Appeals. Born in Forestville, Chautauqua County, … More Marvin Rood Dye »
Robert Earl
“Robert Earl, of Herkimer, is the baldest judge on the Court of Appeals bench. He had a wealth of whiskers, however, which he keeps … More Robert Earl »
Abram Elkus
Before he was appointed Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals in 1919-a position he held for only 13 months-Abram Elkus served as United … More Abram Elkus »
Eugene M. Fahey
Eugene M. Fahey, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, was born in Buffalo, New York, in September 1951. He attended high school at … More Eugene M. Fahey »
Paul G. Feinman
Paul G. Feinman, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, was born in 1960 in Hempstead, New York, the third of five children. He … More Paul G. Feinman »
Edward Ridley Finch
Edward Ridley Finch was born in New York City, November 15, 1873, son of Edward Lucius and Anne Ridley (Crane) Finch and a descendant … More Edward Ridley Finch »
Lawrence Henry Cooke
In 1972, three Republicans won election to the Court of Appeals in the landslide victory of President Richard M. Nixon, thus defeating Lawrence H. … More Lawrence Henry Cooke »
Francis Miles Finch
Two years after the close of the Civil War, forty-year-old Francis M. Finch, an Ithaca lawyer, unexpectedly (as he later admitted) struck a major … More Francis Miles Finch »