Biography Category: New York State Court of Appeals

In a memorial address honoring Judge William B. Wright, poet and lawyer Alfred B. Street said of him: “His taste was cultured by much … More William B. Wright »

Richard D. Simons arrived at the Court of Appeals in January 1983 as the Court was undergoing one of the most fundamental changes in … More Richard Duncan Simons »

George Bundy Smith, the 101st Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals, is only the third African American ever appointed to serve on New … More George Bundy Smith »

Robert Smith’s nomination to the New York State Court of Appeals in November 2003 came as a shock to many court observers, who quickly … More Robert Sherlock Smith »

Leslie E. Stein was born in New York, New York in 1956. She received her B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from Macalester College and her … More Leslie E. Stein »

In 1926, an African-American woman and her two brothers, accused of killing a Sheriff, were dragged from a South Carolina jail and towed behind … More Harold Arnoldus Stevens »

During the first half of the 20th century, there was concentrated in New York City a group of lawyers whose public role and influence … More Thomas Day Thacher »

Judge Vito J. Titone was a man of contradictions. He relished traditions, but embraced change. He was always practical in his approach to legal … More Vito Joseph Titone »

Benjamin Franklin Tracy was a member of the Court of Appeals for only one year, and is better known as “father of the modern … More Benjamin Franklin Tracy »

Judge Van Voorhis wrote well over a thousand formal legal opinions, including his dissents, and participated in thousands of cases which came before him … More John Van Voorhis »