George Elmer Pataki is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 53rd governor of New York from 1995 to 2006. An attorney by profession,Pataki was elected mayor of his hometown of Peekskill,New York,and went on to be elected to the State Assembly and the State Senate.
The University at Buffalo School of Law is a graduate professional school at the University at Buffalo. Founded in 1887 and affiliate with Niagara University until 1891,it is the State University of New York (SUNY) system's only law school. U.S. News &World Report ranks the University at Buffalo School of Law 94th (tied) in the nation for 2022. The University at Buffalo School of Law is No. 1 in Thomson Reuter's "Super Lawyers" ranking of law graduates practicing in Upstate New York,which includes 54 of the 62 counties in New York State. This is in addition to the UB Law School's 2010 national ranking,where it placed 48th out of the 180 law schools in the country that produced Super Lawyers,a measure which examines "twelve indicators of professional achievement". Also,Malcolm Gladwell,in the New Yorker Magazine,devised a formula that ranks UB within the top 50 whereas Reuters ranks UB Law as 48th overall in the nation.
Mary O'Connor Donohue is an American retired educator,attorney,politician and Judge of the New York Court of Claims and a former two-term Lieutenant Governor of New York. Donohue was first elected lieutenant governor in 1998,and was re-elected in 2002.
The lieutenant governor of New York is a constitutional office in the executive branch of the Government of the State of New York. It is the second highest-ranking official in state government. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor for a four-year term. Official duties dictated to the lieutenant governor under the present New York Constitution are to serve as president of the state senate,serve as acting governor in the absence of the governor from the state or the disability of the governor,or to become governor in the event of the governor's death,resignation or removal from office via impeachment. Additional statutory duties of the lieutenant governor are to serve on the New York Court for the Trial of Impeachments,the State Defense Council,and on the board of trustees of the College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The lieutenant governor of New York is the highest-paid lieutenant governor in the country.
Dewey Ballantine LLP was a corporate law firm headquartered in New York City. In 2007,Dewey Ballantine merged with LeBoeuf,Lamb,Greene &MacRae to form Dewey &LeBoeuf. Dewey Ballantine underwent numerous name changes throughout its history as partners left to serve in government positions or form new firms.
Robert Sherlock Smith is a former Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals,New York's highest court. 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.
Sanford Elias Church was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He served as Lieutenant Governor of the state of New York and chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals.
George Bundy Smith was a lawyer and judge in New York State. While he was a law student at Yale University,he participated in the Freedom Ride from Atlanta,Georgia,to Montgomery,Alabama.
Michael A. Battle is an American attorney who served as the director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys in the United States Department of Justice until he resigned,effective March 16,2007. He was the person who informed seven United States Attorneys on December 7,2006 that they were being dismissed.
Charles Daniels (March 24,1825 in New York City –December 20,1897 in Buffalo,Erie County,New York,United States was an American lawyer and politician.
The 1974 New York state election was held on November 5,1974,to elect the governor,the lieutenant governor,the state comptroller,the attorney general,two judges of the New York Court of Appeals and a U.S. Senator,as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
The 1904 New York state election was held on November 8,1904,to elect the governor,the lieutenant governor,the Secretary of State,the state comptroller,the attorney general,the state treasurer,the state engineer,the chief judge and an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals,as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
The 1902 New York state election was held on November 4,1902,to elect the governor,the lieutenant governor,the Secretary of State,the state comptroller,the attorney general,the state treasurer,the state engineer and a judge of the New York Court of Appeals,as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
Asher P. Nichols was an American lawyer and politician.
Albert Conway was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1955 to 1959.
Victoria A. Graffeo is a former judge of the New York State's Court of Appeals. Judge Graffeo was appointed to the court by Republican Governor George Pataki in 2000 for a 14-year term. Governor Andrew Cuomo declined to appoint her to a second term,and she left the bench on November 29,2014.
Albert M. Rosenblatt is a former associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals.
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 M. Fahey is an American judge who served as an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 2015 to 2021.
