The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York serves one of the 94 judicial districts in the United States and one of four in the state of New York. Appeals from the Northern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which has jurisdiction over the four districts of New York, the District of Connecticut and the District of Vermont. The U.S. Attorney for the district is Carla B. Freedman since October 8, 2021.
James Matthew Hood is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 39th Attorney General of Mississippi from 2004 to 2020.
James Nicholas Tedisco is an American politician. Since 2017, he has been the New York State Senator for New York's 49th Senate District, which includes parts of Saratoga, Schenectady and Herkimer Counties and all of Fulton and Hamilton Counties.
Carleton James King was an attorney and politician from Saratoga Springs, New York. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as District Attorney of Saratoga County, New York from 1950 to 1960, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1974.
Paul David Tonko is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from New York's 20th congressional district. A staunch progressive, he is a member of the Democratic Party. Following the 2020 redistricting cycle and effective for the 118th Congress, the 20th district will include all of Albany, Saratoga, and Schenectady counties, and part of Rensselaer County.
Bruce Lee Castor Jr. is an American lawyer and retired Republican politician from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was appointed as the first Solicitor General of Pennsylvania in March 2016, and also first deputy attorney general the following July. Castor became acting attorney general less than a month later. He led for the defense of the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump along with American lawyer David Schoen.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It became an elected office in 1980. The current Attorney General is Democrat Josh Shapiro.
Barry D. Kramer is an American retired professional basketball player, a retired jurist, and an attorney. Kramer is known for being a Parade All-American basketball player for Linton High School in Schenectady, New York and for being an All-American collegiate basketball player for New York University. Following his playing career, he served as a trial court judge in the New York state court system.
The 2009 special election for the 20th congressional district of New York was held on March 31, 2009, to fill the vacancy created in January 2009 when the district's representative, Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand, was appointed US senator from New York, replacing Hillary Clinton, who had been appointed Secretary of State in the Obama administration. The two major-party candidates were Democrat Scott Murphy, a private businessman, and Republican Jim Tedisco, the minority leader of the New York State Assembly. A third-party candidate, Libertarian Eric Sundwall, was initially included in the race, but later removed from the ballot.
Roger Skinner was an attorney and government official from New York. He was most notable for his service as United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York from 1819 to 1825.
Kathleen Granahan Kane is an American former politician and lawyer who served as the 48th Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 2013 until her resignation in 2016 following her conviction for perjury, obstruction of justice and related charges for illegal activities while she was Attorney General. She was the first woman and first Democrat ever elected to the position.
Robert Newton Brezee (1851–1929), usually referred to as R. Newton Brezee or Newton Brezee, was an American architect chiefly active in Saratoga Springs, New York and surrounding areas.
The Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York is responsible for the general supervision of all educational activities within New York State, presiding over University of the State of New York and the New York State Education Department.
Janet Marie DiFiore is an American judge who, since 2016, has been the Chief Judge of New York. 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 appointed her to the New York Court of Appeals.
Mary Beth Walsh is the Assembly member for the 112th District of the New York State Assembly. She is a Republican. The district includes portions of Saratoga County, including Ballston Spa, Country Knolls, Galway and Milton as well as portions of Schenectady County including East Glenville and Scotia.
Hiram Charles Todd was an American lawyer from New York.
William MacRae Nicoll was a Scottish-American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York.
