Judith Smith Kaye
This biography was prepared in 2007, and does not include Judge Kaye’s retirement or life after leaving the bench. In 2011, the Society collected … More Judith Smith Kaye »
Biography Category: New York State Court of Appeals
Theodore Miller
Theodore Miller’s legal career spanned almost 50 years and in that time he became a respected jurist who was fondly remembered for preserving peace … More Theodore Miller »
Kenneth Barnard Keating
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 »
Irving Lehman
“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
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 »
Howard Arnold Levine
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 »
Samuel Hand
Though his tenure on the Court of Appeals was brief, Judge Samuel Hand’s place in the history of the law of New York State … More Samuel Hand »
Frank Harris Hiscock
On October 22, 1879, Frank Hiscock and Mary Elizabeth Barnes were married at the Barnes Homestead, 930 James Street in Syracuse. Both were 23 … More Frank Harris Hiscock »
John W. Hogan
When Alfred E. Smith was elected Governor of New York in 1919, he asked his friend Judge John W. Hogan to perform his official … More John W. Hogan »
William Butler Hornblower
On February 2, 1914, Governor Martin H. Glynn made two nominations to the Court of Appeals.1 No one could have predicted that it would … More William Butler Hornblower »