Biography Category: New York State Court of Appeals

Denis O’Brien would likely never have existed but for his parents’ early departure from County Clare, Ireland. They moved to America in 1835, a … More Denis O’Brien »

Judge John Scileppi’s long life epitomized the American Dream at its twentieth century best. His parents, Ignazio and Nunzia (née De Meco) Scileppi both … More John Francis Scileppi »

Only one Court of Appeals Judge has ever run for President of the United States. He lost in a landslide. Alton B. Parker was … More Alton Brooks Parker »

Judge Charles Brown Sears was born in Brooklyn on October 16, 1870 to Hector and Leora C. Brown Sears. His father was a manufacturer. … More Charles Brown Sears »

John Francis O’Brien, son of former Court of Appeals Judge Denis O’Brien and chief of the appellate bureau of the New York City Corporation … More John Francis O’Brien »

From 1930 through 1932, Samuel Seabury turned away from his flourishing law practice in New York City to lead an investigation, the first of … More Samuel Seabury »

Though Rufus W. Peckham, Jr. spent nine years on the New York State Court of Appeals, his most famous writing may be an opinion … More Rufus W. Peckham, Jr. »

Described by a contemporary historian1 as one of the most able and accomplished judges of the New York Court of Appeals, Henry R. Selden … More Henry Rogers Selden »

Rufus Wheeler Peckham, Sr., though a distinguished politician, lawyer, and jurist, may be most best known for how he died. On November 22, 1873, … More Rufus W. Peckham, Sr. »

Eugene F. Pigott, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, was born in Rochester, New York, in September 1946. He graduated from LeMoyne … More Eugene F. Pigott, Jr. »