Biography Category: New York State Court of Appeals

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 »

The life of Kenneth Barnard Keating-as teacher, lawyer, soldier, legislator, judge, and diplomat-spanned the first 75 years of the Twentieth Century. He was an … More Kenneth Barnard Keating »

“In a State that has given America many of its greatest jurists, none stood higher than Irving Lehman, Chief Judge of the Court of … More Irving Lehman »

Henry Theodore Kellogg was a distinguished son of Northern New York who continued a family legacy on the bench. Born in Champlain in Clinton … More Henry Theodore Kellogg »

An independent thinker, a common sense approach and a devoted family man – these descriptions show three of the most important qualities Judge Levine … More Howard Arnold Levine »