Biography Category: Second Department

Justice Arthur D. Brennan was born on August 29, 1899 in Mount Vernon, NY. He graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1918, Syracuse … More Arthur D. Brennan »

Justice Davis also sat on the bench of the 3rd and 4th Departments; more information can be found HERE and HERE, respectively. Justice Rowland … More Rowland L. Davis »

Justice George B. Bradley was born on February 5, 1825 in Greene, NY. From 1872 to 1873 he was a member of the Constitutional … More George B. Bradley »

Justice Vincent D. Damiani was raised in Brooklyn and earned a B.S. degree from New York University in 1934 and a law degree from … More Vincent D. Damiani »

“While occupying the seat upon the Court of Appeals bench, Justice Brown . . . wrote the prevailing opinion in the famous Tilden will … More Charles F. Brown »

Justice Geraldine T. Eiber earned her J.D. from the New York University School of Law and worked in private practice before joining the bench. … More Geraldine T. Eiber »

Justice Richard A. Brown was born in Brooklyn and grew up in the Cambria Heights neighborhood of Queens, NY. He graduated from Hobart College … More Richard Brown »

Justice Joseph A. Burr was born in Brooklyn in 1850, a descendant of Peter Burr, once a Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. … More Joseph A. Burr »

Edward D. Carni graduated from SUNY Cortland in 1982 with a BA in Political Science. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Whittier College … More Edward Carni »

Speaking to graduates at the St. Francis Xavier’s College 1901 commencement, Carr said: “There can be no true success at the expense of character. … More William J. Carr »