Biography Category: New York State Court of Appeals

For Judge Samuel Rabin, the law was always about people. Sam Rabin was born in New York City on October 12, 1905, and attended … More Samuel Rabin »

Law is educated Justice.1 Charles A. Rapallo was born on September 15, 1823 in New York City, the son of Anthony Rapallo and Elizabeth … More Charles Anthony Rapallo »

Susan Phillips Read was born in 1947 in Gallipolis, Ohio, the second of the three daughters of Gomer W. Phillips, who owned and operated … More Susan Phillips Read »

A child of pioneer lineage, Judge Harlan Rippey was raised in an austere and frugal environment typical of a devout Scotch-Presbyterian family of the … More Harlan Watson Rippey »

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 »

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 »