Biography Category: New York State Court of Appeals

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 »

But for a brief period during World War I when, commissioned as a major in the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, he … More Edmund Harris Lewis »

This biography was prepared in 2012 and does not include Judge Lippman’s final years as Chief Judge or his life after leaving the bench. … More Jonathan Lippman »

Although John A.1 Lott served as a constitutional member of the Court of Appeals for only six full months in 1870, he had a … More John A. Lott »

“He was a most uncommon man who was friend to the common man, as, on the other hand, those who attained their renown, were … More John Thomas Loughran »