Biography Category: New York State Supreme Court

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 Marcus G. Christ was born on April 7, 1900, the son of Philip J. Christ, a Supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead … More Marcus G. Christ »

Justice Frederick P. Close was born in 1875 in South Colton, St. Lawrence County. He was educated at the State Normal School in Potsdam, … More Frederick P. Close »

Justice John P. Cohalan Jr., born in 1907, was raised in New York City and educated at LaSalle Military Academy in Oakdale, Manhattan College … More John P. Cohalan, Jr. »

Justice John Copertino was born in Manhattan and raised in Queens, where he worked in his father’s fish store as a youth. He went … More John Copertino »

JUDICIAL OFFICES Associate Justice, Appellate Division Second Judicial Department August 2005 to September 2011 Associate Justice, Appellate Term Ninth and Tenth Judicial District June … More Joseph Covello »