1927-
Associate Judge, New York State Court of Appeals, 1983-1997
Acting Chief Judge, 1992-1993
Interviewed: 04/04/2003 & 09/05/2003
Interview conducted outside the Society’s Oral History Project.
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Chief Trial Judge and Chief Appellate Judge, Oneida Indian Nation Court
Interviewed: 08/02/2017
Richard D. Simons arrived at the Court of Appeals in January 1983 as the Court was undergoing one of the most fundamental changes in its history. In 1978, New York had abolished its system of electing judges to the Court of Appeals and instituted a process by which new judges were appointed by the governor. Selected by Governor Mario Cuomo on his third day in office, Judge Simons became only the second Associate Judge to join the Court of Appeals… CONTINUE READING