William C. Thompson


1924-2018

Associate Justice, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, 1980-2001

Interviewed: 05/15/2009

Justice William C. Thompson was educated at Franklin K. Lane High School and Brooklyn College before earning his law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1954. He was admitted to the bar in 1955 and began practicing with a specialization in criminal law. From 1965 until 1968 he served as a member of the New York State Senate, in that time working with Senator Robert F. Kennedy to establish the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and chairing the Joint Legislative Committee… CONTINUE READING

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