The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York is the intermediate appellate court in New York State. The state is geographically divided into four judicial departments of the Appellate Division. The full title of each is,for example,the "Fourth Department" is "Supreme Court of the State of New York,Appellate Division,Fourth Judicial Department").
The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the New York State Unified Court System. It is vested with unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction,although in many counties outside New York City it acts primarily as a court of civil jurisdiction,with most criminal matters handled in County Court.
The Connecticut Supreme Court,formerly known as the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors,is the highest court in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The seven justices sit in Hartford,across the street from the Connecticut State Capitol. The court generally holds eight sessions of two to three weeks per year,with one session each September through November and January through May. Justices are appointed by the governor and then approved by the Connecticut General Assembly.
Virginia Long is a former justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court. She is currently Counsel in the Princeton,N.J. office of Fox Rothschild.
The Supreme Court of Alabama is the highest court in the state of Alabama. The court consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices. Each justice is elected in partisan elections for staggered six-year terms. The Supreme Court is housed in the Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building in downtown Montgomery,Alabama.
William Henry Hastie Jr. was an American lawyer,judge,educator,public official,and civil rights advocate. He was the first African American to serve as Governor of the United States Virgin Islands,as a federal judge,and as a federal appellate judge. He served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously served as District Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands.
Joette Katz is an American attorney who is a partner at the law firm,Shipman &Goodwin LLP. She was an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court,where she also served as the administrative judge for the state appellate system,and as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families. In various roles during her career she has had an impact on issues of state and national importance,such as:criminal law,capital punishment,civil rights and the right to education,eminent domain,same-sex marriage,LGBTQ rights,sexual assault,sex trafficking,and helping children in state care move from institutions to families.
The Government of the State of New York,headquartered at the New York State Capitol in Albany,encompasses the administrative structure of the U.S. state of New York,as established by the state's constitution. Analogously to the US federal government,it is composed of three branches:executive,legislative,and judicial. The head of the executive is the governor. The Legislature consists of the Senate and the Assembly. The Unified Court System consists of the Court of Appeals and lower courts. The state is also divided into counties,cities,towns,and villages,which are all municipal corporations with their own government.
The Government of Guam (GovGuam) is a presidential representative democratic system,whereby the president is the head of state and the governor is head of government,and of a multi-party system. Guam is an organized,unincorporated territory of the United States with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs.
The Judiciary of New York is the judicial branch of the Government of New York,comprising all the courts of the State of New York.
Carolyn Barbara Kuhl is a judge on the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. After receiving her Juris Doctor degree in 1977 from Duke Law School,she clerked for future Supreme Court Justice,Anthony M. Kennedy,from 1977 to 1978. From 1981 to 1986,she served in the United States Department of Justice. She worked as a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Munger,Tolles &Olson,focusing on civil business litigation with a specialty in appellate litigation,from 1986 to 1995. She became a judge on the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles in 1995 and was nominated to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on June 22,2001 by President George W. Bush.
Jack Anthony Panella is an American lawyer who is the President Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his election to the Superior Court,he was a Judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County,Pennsylvania.
Lee Hyman Rosenthal is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Jonathan Lippman is an American jurist who served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 2009 through 2015. He is currently Of Counsel in the Litigation &Trial Department of Latham &Watkins’New York office.
Patricia Ann Millett is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She formerly headed the Supreme Court practice at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &Feld. Millett also was a longtime former assistant to the United States Solicitor General and served as an occasional blogger for SCOTUSblog. At the time of her confirmation to the D.C. Circuit,she had argued 32 cases before the United States Supreme Court. In February 2016 The New York Times identified her as a potential nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.
John Carro is an American judge. He served as a judge for 25 years and was involved in many high-profile cases. A New York Supreme Court Justice serving in the Appellate Division,where he served as an associate justice for the last 15 of his 25 years as a judge. After retirement from the bench in 1994,Carro founded Carro,Velez,Carro &Mitchell,a private law firm in New York City. Carro is an ardent advocate for the Hispanic and Latino American community and human rights throughout the world,and has been a major leader in the founding and management of many bar groups,committees and legal and educational associations. He was described by The New York Times as a "legendary Justice."
The County Courts are courts within the New York State Unified Court System located in each county outside New York City. In New York City,criminal and civil matters are heard in the city Criminal Court and Civil Court,respectively,or the state Supreme Court.
Benjamin K. Miller is a former judge in Illinois. He was a member of the Illinois Supreme Court from 1984 to 2001. He served as chief justice from 1991 to 1994.
Randall T. Eng is an American judge who was the presiding justice of the New York Supreme Court,Appellate Division,Second Department. Eng became the first Asian-American to serve as a presiding justice in New York State's history. Born in Canton,China but raised in New York City,Eng attended public school before graduating from the State University of New York at Buffalo and St. John's University School of Law. From 1970 to 2004,Eng was a member of the New York Army National Guard,retiring as a judge advocate with the rank of colonel.
