Henry Latimer was the first African-American circuit court judge in Broward County,and was in line to become the first African-American president of the Florida Bar when he was killed in a car accident in South Florida. At the time,he was an attorney for the firm of Greenberg Traurig,a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Miami,and a visiting professor who taught Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Florida International University College of Law.
Greenberg Traurig is a multinational law and lobbying firm founded in Miami in 1967 by Mel Greenberg,Larry J. Hoffman,and Robert H. Traurig.
Judith Ann Kaye was an American lawyer,jurist and the longtime Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals,serving in that position from March 23,1993,until December 31,2008.
Robert Sherlock Smith is a former Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. Smith retired on December 31,2014,as the State Constitution's requirement that judges retire at the end of the calendar year in which they reached the age of 70.
Ellen Ash Peters was an American lawyer and judge. She was appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court in 1978. She was the first woman appointed to that court.
Frank Harris Hiscock was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1917 to 1926.
John S. Arrowood is an American attorney and judge. In April 2017,Arrowood was appointed to the North Carolina Court of Appeals by Governor Roy Cooper,to replace Judge Douglas McCullough,a Republican who resigned one month before he would have reached the mandatory retirement age.
Jeffrey Hayes Pearlman is an Acting Supreme Court Justice in New York County and was formerly the Director of the Authorities Budget Office from 2016 to 2021 and resumed this role again in 2022. He recently served as Special Counsel to the Governor,Kathy Hochul and as Special Counsel to the Transition following the resignation of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. Pearlman was previously Chief of Staff and Counsel to the Lieutenant Governor. Prior to this,Jeff served as Chief of Staff to the New York State Senate Democratic Conference. Also,Jeff was formerly Of Counsel to the law firm Greenberg Traurig,where his field of practice included Government Affairs and litigation,specializing in Ethics,Freedom of Information Law,Election Law and other client related matters. Pearlman also was an Assistant Counsel to Governor David Paterson of New York. He resides in Albany,New York.
Peter Stephen Popovich was an American lawyer,politician,and judge from Minnesota. He is the only person in the state's history to serve as both Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals and Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Susan Phillips Read is a former judge on New York State's Court of Appeals,having been appointed by Republican Governor George Pataki in 2003 for a 14-year term. Her selection made the appointive high court the first in the United States to comprise a majority of women. She resigned from the bench effective August 24,2015.
Eugene F. Pigott Jr. is an American jurist who served as an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 2006 until 2016. He was appointed by Republican Governor George Pataki,and his term expired when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.
William S. Greenberg is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Previously he was a New Jersey attorney in private practice.
Four justices of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and four judges of the 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 4,2014,concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years.
One justice of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and five judges of the 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 8,2016,concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years.
Leslie E. Stein is a former judge on New York State's Court of Appeals. Stein was appointed to the court by Governor Andrew Cuomo in late 2014,and was confirmed by the New York State Senate on February 9,2015.
Judith Evelyn Jyothi Prakash is a Singaporean judge in the Supreme Court. Her brother is ambassador Simon Tensing de Cruz. Prakash was appointed a permanent Judge of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Singapore on 1 August 2016,the first woman to hold this post. During her time on the bench,she was also Judge of the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts,where she heard appeal matters.
Janet Marie DiFiore is an American lawyer and judge who served as the Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals from 2016 to 2022. DiFiore was born in Mount Vernon,New York,and graduated from Long Island University and St. John's University School of Law. As a practicing attorney,DiFiore worked in a law firm and in the Westchester District Attorney's Office. DiFiore then was elected a judge of the Westchester County Court,and was subsequently named a justice of the New York Supreme Court,serving in that post from 2003 to 2005. DiFiore left the bench to become district attorney of Westchester County,New York,in 2006;she stayed in that position nearly a decade,until Governor Andrew Cuomo nominated her to the New York Court of Appeals. Her nomination was confirmed by the New York State Senate. She started her term as the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals in New York on January 21,2016. She resigned on July 11,2022,effective August 31,2022,amid misconduct proceedings into her alleged attempt to influence a disciplinary hearing.
Michele Denise Hotten is a senior justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland appointed by Governor Larry Hogan.
Robert Joshua Luck is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He was a justice of the Florida Supreme Court in 2019. A Miami native,he previously served as an assistant United States attorney and as a judge on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida and then the Florida Third District Court of Appeal.
Anthony Cannataro is an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals,serving since September 1,2022. He has served as an associate judge of the same court since his 2021 appointment by then-Governor Andrew Cuomo. Cannataro previously served as the chief administrative judge of the New York City Civil Court from 2018 to 2021 and as a judge on various New York City courts from 2012 to 2021.
