Charlotte Smallwood-Cook
1923-2013 District Attorney, Wyoming County, New York, 1950-1953 Interviewed: 07/13/2011 Read the Transcript The following is an excerpt from The New York State District … More Charlotte Smallwood-Cook »
Biography Category: Oral Histories
William C. Thompson
Justice William C. Thompson was educated at Franklin K. Lane High School and Brooklyn College before earning his law degree from Brooklyn Law School … More William C. Thompson »
Sol Wachtler
Sol Wachtler was born on April 29, 1930, the second son of traveling auctioneer Philip Wachtler and his wife Fay. Judge Wachtler grew up … More Sol Wachtler »
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 »
Bernard Stern Meyer
On September 9, 1971, more than 1,000 inmates rioted at Attica State Correctional Facility in Western New York. A guard and three inmates were … More Bernard Stern Meyer »
Lawrence Henry Cooke
In 1972, three Republicans won election to the Court of Appeals in the landslide victory of President Richard M. Nixon, thus defeating Lawrence H. … More Lawrence Henry Cooke »