James Thomas Foley

James Thomas Foley (July 9, 1910 – August 17, 1990) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York from 1949 to 1990 and Chief Judge from 1963 to 1980. Education and career Born on July 9, 1910, in Troy, New York, Foley received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1931 from Fordham University and a Bachelor of Laws in 1934 from Albany Law School. He entered private practice in Troy from 1935 to 1942. He was Secretary to Justice William H. Murray of the Supreme Court of the State of New York from 1939 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1949. He served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945. Federal judicial service