Biography Category: Second Department

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 »

Justice William B. Carswell was born on January 8, 1883 in Edinburgh, Scotland to David Bruce and Ann Brown Carswell. His family moved to … More William B. Carswell »

Justice Vincent R. Balletta, Jr. was born on July 7, 1927 in Brookyln and grew up on Long Island. He graduated from Long Beach … More Vincent R. Balletta, Jr. »

In 1906, Judge Bartlett was appointed to the Court of Appeals. See his biography HERE.

Justice George J. Beldock was born in 1903 in Poland, where he lived until the age of two when he moved to the United … More George Bedlock »

Justice Ariel E. Belen graduated from Brooklyn College in 1978 and earned his J.D. with a specialization in International Legal Affairs from Cornell Law … More Ariel E. Belen »

“He became active in the Republican Party’s Brooklyn organization early in his career as a lawyer, establishing himself as an outspoken expert on election … More A. David Benjamin »