Biography Category: New York State Court of Appeals

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 »

Jenny Rivera was nominated by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for the New York State Court of Appeals and the New York State Senate confirmed … More Jenny Rivera »

Albert M. Rosenblatt, referred to as a “Renaissance Man” by many who know of his professional, intellectual, and athletic pursuits, is among the most … More Albert Martin Rosenblatt »

Early Years The man who served as the seventeenth Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals1 was born in the small … More William Crawford Ruger »

Judge Charles Ruggles has a special place in this writer’s heart because he was at the center of an adventure that spurred my interest … More Charles Herman Ruggles »